Kali
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The fierce Goddess; for home worship the gentle Dakshina Kali form, granting boons and fearlessness, is recommended over her destructive postures.
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Jayanti Mangala Kali japa for the afflicted girl with Narasimha Kavach for her father
The speaker says the second step was to have the girl recite the Jayanti Mangala Kali mantra 108 times each morning and evening, burning only Laung and camphor, and to prepare her for visiting a Kali temple with proper vidhi. Alongside, her father recited the Narasimha Kavach morning and evening, and the bajrang-baan dhooni continued. After about seven days came the first experience: the problem lessened and the entity no longer touched her, though from a distance it still spoke, shouted, gave small ant-bite stings and troubled her in dreams. As the Narasimha Kavach went on and the quantity of everything was gradually raised, its disturbance stopped.
Origin of Kaushiki and Kalika from Parvati's body
The speaker recounts what he says the Durga Saptashati describes in its seventh chapter. After Shumbha and Nishumbha expelled the devatas from swarga, the devatas went to the Himalaya and praised Bhagwati, invoking her by her old boon that she would appear whenever they called in calamity. Parvati was there for tapasya; at the devatas' stuti a devi emerged from her body. When she came out, Parvati's own form turned dark — that dark form settled on the Himalaya and became famous as the Kalka of the Himalaya, the great shakti Kalika. The one who emerged was fair, named Kaushiki; she is also regarded as the form of Mahasaraswati, and the Ashtabhuja form of Bhagwati on the Vindhya mountain is said to be, in part, this same Mahasaraswati. Kaushiki took shelter on the Himalaya itself, present there by plan for the slaying of Shumbha and Nishumbha.
Batuk or Bal Bhairav, even as a small silver trishul, and Kali only in her Dakshina form
Batuk or Bal Bhairava may be worshipped at home via a picture, idol, or small silver Trishul, with Kul Bhairava protecting the household alongside the family deity; for Kali, the gentle Dakshina Kali form — displaying boon-granting and fearless mudras — is recommended over fierce, destructive postures.
What is Shree Kalika Kavach and when is it used?
The speaker says the Kalika Kavach belongs to the Kalika Kalpa of the Rudrayamala Tantra and its viniyog is only for the destruction of enemies — there is no viniyog in it for the Devi's pleasure or love. It is for the most extreme situation: a person walking the path of dharma whose wealth, honour, family women, land or property are under the evil eye of a wicked man so strong in power, money and standing that no one can stop him, and the victim has no help from the administration and no money to act. In ordinary situations, he says, a Brahmastra is never used; use it for petty harm and you yourself will suffer the consequence.
Sankalp for the Kalika Kavach: by the enemy's name, or against known and unknown enemies
The speaker says the kavach is used when no path remains — a life in the family has already been lost, or the situation has formed where it seems it will be. If you know for certain which person is doing this, take the Sankalpa by his name. If the name is not known, take it in the name of known and unknown enemies. And if someone has openly threatened to shoot you and a killing seems to be coming, then leave aside all deliberation and all thought of tantra-mantra — even then you may use it.
Precaution: the Kalika Kavach is svayam-siddha, so a householder without tapobal must do it only as told
The speaker says this Kavach is svayam-siddha in itself and gives immediate effect. But if you have no Tapobal at all, and especially if you are a householder, try to do it thoughtfully and exactly as he describes. His purpose in the video is only to give information; doing the sadhana under the direction of a highly knowledgeable and discerning person would be better. He is not trying to create hatred toward anyone; the aim is that, within shastric limits, when no path remains, a dharmic person takes refuge in the Devi to protect his own life and is not harmed.
Where the Kalika Kavach is recited: a Kali temple outside the shmashan, never at home
The speaker says this Kavach is never to be recited at home; it must be done in a temple of Kali — any Kali: Raksha Kali, Bhadrakali, Dakshineshwari Kali, Adya Kali or another — which must not stand on shmashan ground, though nearby is fine once outside its boundary. A Shiva temple beside the Kali temple is excellent. If no Kali temple is near, the second option is a Shiva temple, the more secluded the better, but never on shmashan ground. A beginner must never go straight to a shmashan for this; the full Marana Prayoga vidhan given in the Phalashruti is not done directly — initiated people do that.
Starting tithi and setup for the Kalika Kavach sadhana: red dress and asana, two lamps, boondi laddu, camphor and cloves
The speaker says the sadhana is begun on Ashtami or Chaturdashi of Krishna Paksha, or on a Krishna Paksha Tuesday or Saturday. Clothes are red only and the asana is a red blanket. Two lamps: a single-wick mustard-oil lamp in the name of Kalika, and a four-wick lamp in the name of Kaal Bhairava. In Naivedya, at least one boondi laddu in each of two places, with one cardamom and two cloves on each. After the recitation, on the bare ground, two pieces of pure camphor together — bhimseni or the tablet kind, not the two-rupee variety — with a pair of cloves on top, in two places, are lit at the end, and a Bali of jayaphal is also given. The whole thing, he says, is a Dakshinachara practice that comes under the most ugra prayogs.
Diet during the Kalika Kavach sadhana: no bar on meat, but then a yearly bali and madira to Bhairav become compulsory
The speaker says there is no restriction on eating and drinking during this sadhana — garlic, onion, meat, all may be taken. But "no restriction" does not mean "no consequence": keeping the rules with purity is much better. If you eat and drink and do the sadhana that way, you will then have to give a Bali at the Kali temple once a year and offer madira to Bhairava ji — and if you do not give the bali, there will be ghaat. If you do not eat such things, none of this is compulsory. Then what you are already doing is more than sufficient.
Daily recitation of the Kalika Kavach: 108 paths of the mool kavach in the temple at sandhya
The speaker says the daily requirement is 108 recitations of the mool Kavach, at sandhya. Eat during the day as usual, then go to the temple in the evening and sit from 6 or 7 PM until 8, 9 or 10, as long as you can; sitting outside the temple is fine as long as it is within the temple courtyard. First remember Guru and Ganesha, light the lamps, do Achamana and the other opening acts, then recite the mool kavach 108 times, leaving out the purva-pithika and Phalashruti; recite the phalashruti once at the very end, and after the 108 paths make the samarpan.
Intensifying the Kalika Kavach: one black urad seed or clove per path, burnt in a camphor khappar
To make the practice most intense, the speaker gives an extra vidhan: count out 108 whole black urad seeds, keep an earthen lamp or Khappar with a little bhimseni camphor already in it, and for each full recitation of the mool Kavach (without purva-pithika or Phalashruti) hold one seed and drop it into the khappar. When all 108 are in, add more camphor, invoke Bhagavati Kalika — mentally saying: "O Bhagavati, accept the energy of this kavach and grant me the capacity that whenever I use it with a sankalp for someone, all that Bhagavan Bhairava and Bhagavan Shiva have said in this kavach be fulfilled; may my dharmic work be complete" — and light it. Cloves may be used instead of urad; with cloves the separate clove-and-camphor Bali is not needed afterwards, with urad it still is. Crackling of the burning seeds or cloves means nothing.
Duration of the Kalika Kavach sadhana, and the caution for women
The speaker says the sadhana must run at least 41 days — one Mandala. In the most extreme situation — a bhoot-pret problem that cannot be caught, or you are very badly trapped — continue for three months or 108 days. A woman may do it too, but he warns that a woman doing this kind of prayog may face a small issue later: if she is unmarried, she may have difficulty conceiving after marriage. He is not saying it will happen, but it can; so women should think carefully and do it only if there is no option, and it is best if the men of the house do it. Mothers and sisters should never do it long: even in the worst situation at most 21 days, because beyond that the ugrata rises sharply, and controlling that ugrata would then be their own responsibility.
Jayaphal agni bali after each day's Kalika Kavach recitation
The speaker says the jayaphal Bali given each day after the recitation is a fire bali, not a cutting one. Place three, four or five pieces of camphor together on the bare ground — not in an earthen vessel, though in 99% of cases he always says to use one; because this is the harshest, most ugra prayog, it goes on the ground (if someone objects to burning on the ground, use an earthen vessel). Set the jayaphal on it, say "Mother, accept this bali, be pleased and grant siddhi", and light it. Then take water in the hand and make the samarpan, or offer it mentally to the Mother. Always pour water beneath the asana and touch it to the forehead.
Using the Kalika Kavach after the temple cycle: daily maintenance at home and a named sankalp when needed
The speaker says that once the Kavach is made siddha this way, the enemy troubling you will receive fitting punishment during the sadhana itself, so be at ease on that count. If the need ever arises again in life, then after the 41 or 108 days done outside in the temple, continue at home with one recitation morning and evening — no more is needed; it only has to stay in memory. When needed, take a Sankalpa in the temple: if a known person is troubling you, by his name — "O Bhagavati, this person is troubling us in such-and-such way; give him fitting punishment so that he stops" — if that is the situation; and then recite the kavach 108 times.
Times when the Kalika Kavach becomes vajra-like: grahan, Diwali, Mahashivratri, Sharadiya Ashtami night and sandhi puja
The speaker says that whenever there is a Grahan, or Diwali, or Mahashivratri, or the Ashtami night of Sharadiya Navratri — the time of Bhagavati Kalika's manifestation — and the time of the sandhi puja, if you light 108 lamps as deep-dan and recite this Kavach then, the kavach becomes like a vajra: most ugra and amogh, and when used it gives immediate effect.
Misuse of the Kalika Kavach rebounds twofold; the bali version is withheld and it is a last resort
The speaker warns that if you use the Kavach without cause, on a person who is not in the wrong, or with adharmic conduct, it will give a tremendous double effect on you and destroy you yourself. He says there is a further method of using it on an enemy, in which Bali and so on are given, by which the enemy becomes utterly nistej — without lineage, without wealth, and much more — but he is not giving that; use only the balanced form he has laid out, which will already give a very large result. Choose it only as the final option of the final path, when no other way is seen.
Avaran puja and amavasya temple visits make the deity reveal the real cause of hardship
The speaker says that if one has worshipped Bhagwati Durga or Bhagwati Kali for ten years and "this is not happening, that is not happening", no matter: learn the Aavaran Puja of her Yantra, satisfy every devi-devata, all their Ganas and all the Bhairavs, do their havan, do their mantra japa, and especially on Amavasya go to her temple and offer there. She will herself show you: perhaps some planetary influence is at work, and whatever falls under whose jurisdiction will be shown through your Ishta Devata. Some medium will form — the right person will meet you and say, for instance, that a mahadasha of the great planet Shani is running, so do japa of Shani Dev's mantras for so many days. Done: that planet's jurisdiction is fulfilled, you are out of all this, and you need not do very much at all.
What actually happens during possession, and how can the truth be drawn out of a possessing entity?
Goddess Kali never possesses anyone directly — possession comes from Yoginis or lower entities; making one speak truth depends on the practitioner's own mantra power, drawn out through a fixed, unblinking gaze and intense mental chanting rather than force.
Is it scripturally supported to worship Vindhyavasini, Mahakali, and Ashtabhuja together?
Yes — establishing pictures or idols of Goddess Vindhyavasini alongside Goddess Mahakali (Kali Khoh) and Goddess Ashtabhuja as a Tri-Kona (triangular) grouping is supported in the Shiva Maha Purana.
What scriptural authority establishes Shaiva-Shakta-Vaishnava unity?
The Devi Purana, compiled by Maharshi Vedavyasa, establishes that Shiva and Parvati manifest in unified divine forms, and that Shiva Himself manifested as Radha while Krishna and Supreme Divinity remain non-different — so creating a hierarchy between Shaiva, Shakta, and Vaishnava paths lacks scriptural foundation.
Fierce Devi forms a householder should not install at home
The speaker says an ordinary Grihastha should not install at home, as a vigraha, the Mahishasura Mardini form (the ten-armed Durga), or any form of Kali with no hand in Varada Mudra — especially Shamshan Kali or Bhadrakali — or a ten-headed, twenty-armed, twenty-legged Dasha Mahavidya-type form. These forms are extremely fierce, all of them are tantrokta, and if a mistake is made in their worship there is no remedy. He raises the subject, he says, not as superstition but so that anyone who has made this mistake, or inherited it from ancestors or elders, and is suffering kalah-klesh or anishta at home can correct it.
Fierce boon-less Kali kept at home: kulguru or a lemon garland
The speaker says that if a very fierce form of Bhagwati Kali — one with no Varada Mudra, no boon-giving or blessing hand at all — is kept and worshipped at home, and that form happens to be one's Kuldevi, one should learn how to serve her from one's Kulguru. Otherwise a garland of lemons must be put on her every day, or if not daily, then on Tuesday and Saturday. Without the lemon garland, he says, that form's effect on the household's Aura (abha-mandal) will weaken it and harm it, because the form is far too fierce and is not for a Grihastha.
Shamshan Kali belongs to the cremation ground, not a home
The speaker says that if Shamshan Kali is seated in a house, her established place is the cremation ground; if one worships her mantras and her form, the shaktis related to her will come — so how can they be peaceful? A Grihastha should not do this at home at all. But if one insists on worshipping this very form, at least the rule of the lemon garland must be followed. A single lemon, he says, can pacify a great deal and should not be taken lightly; through it one can try to pacify Bhagwati.
Why can Kali or Bhairav be used in a maran prayog against someone?
The speaker takes up a doubt he expects listeners to have: people hear that a Marana Prayoga was done on someone, and that it was "a prayog of Kali ji" or "of Bhairava ji", yet Bhairav and Kali are shaktis that appeared to protect dharma, so how can they act in adharma without weighing right and wrong? His answer, which the rest of the talk builds, is that any shakti pleased by disciplined sadhana gives its word to the Sadhak, and once bound by that word it must do what he asks, whether he uses it well or misuses it.
How should devotees of Mahakali practice the Ratri Suktam, and is sleeping beside one's spouse an impurity?
Devotees of Mahakali should recite the Ratri Suktam before sleep (1, 5, or 21 times) for profound grace; household practitioners sleeping beside their spouse incur no flaw, since the spouse is a manifestation of the Divine feminine (Vamangi).
Can an ugra beej mantra be taken up without a guru's specific direction?
A very ugra (intense) beej mantra should only be taken up in greater measure once one is formally diksha-taken into it by proper vidhi-vidhan. Someone already guru-diksha-taken should proceed with the guru's permission, first completing an anushthan of Bhagavati Kali's kavach, and only then take up the japa as far as capacity allows.
How should a Dakshina Kali mandal be installed in a home temple?
A Dakshina Kali mandal should be installed exactly as Bhagavati Durga's is, because the panchayatan mandal of most of the Mahavidyas is the same as Bhagavati Durga's.
The Mahabhairav stotra is made siddha before it is used, in a Shiva, Kali or Durga temple
The speaker says that whenever this prayog is done it must first be made siddha, and only after siddhi should it be applied; in a dire situation it may be applied without that, but only with someone's guidance. Because the sadhak is already suffering from Abhichara, the siddhi vidhan should be done in a Shiva temple — best of all — or in a temple of Bhagavati Kali or Durga. It should not be made siddha at home; do that only if no temple or arrangement is possible where you are.
What is Nishkala Shiva, and how do Brahma, Vishnu, and Rudra relate to Him?
Shiva assigned Brahma creation, Vishnu preservation, and took the form of Rudra Himself for dissolution — clarifying that Brahma, Vishnu, and Rudra are three functional manifestations of a single, formless Supreme Reality, Nishkala Shiva, and that viewing them as truly separate leads to spiritual bondage.
Sacrifice at a self-made shrine or in a home, even in the name of Kali, is abhorrent
The speaker says that when any person learns tantra vidya on his own, independently siddhas some paishachik, tamasik or Masan shakti, and then has Bali worship done for it at his own place, calling it Kali Mai or having some baba name it so, that too is abhorrent. Through it, he says, trouble will come to his own family line, and those who give puja there can also come into trouble. He says he himself forbids Bali at such places; the peethas, the Siddha Peethas and Shakta peethas, are a different matter, but if such Bali is being done at someone's private place, if someone comes and offers bali in your house and then sits and eats, that somewhere ends up drowning you.
Bhairava and Kali cast as 'sorcery' to keep people away, with trivial shortcuts sold in their place
Fierce protective energies like Bhairava and Kali were historically misrepresented as 'sorcery' to distance the public from authentic practices; people now flock to speakers promising trivial shortcuts (like offering a Bilva leaf with honey to pass exams) while avoiding core scriptural teachings and righteous conduct.
What is the Kalika Bija mantra, and how does its pronunciation change its function?
The single-syllable seed mantra of Goddess Kalika — comprising Ka, Ra, long I, and a nasal sound — can be pronounced with an 'm' (Makara, invoking peaceful Shanti aspects) or 'g/ng' (Gakara, invoking fierce Ugra aspects) ending, depending on the Veera or Dakshina initiation tradition and the Guru's specific instruction.
Strengthening the Shani Maha Mala Mantra at teerth sites: Navagraha and Kali temples, Krishna's land and Shani shrines
The speaker says that at any teerth with a Navagraha temple or a place of Bhagwati Kali — Mahakali, Kali, Bhadrakali, any form of Jagdamba — take a red flower, recite the mala mantra over it and offer it at her feet, and the mantra gives still more effect; likewise at a Navagraha temple, and especially where Shani is enshrined with his mother Chhaya. Krishna is Shani's guru, so doing the mantra's japa in Krishna's city, as during the Govardhan parikrama, gives immediate benefit, though Krishna's own seva comes first there. At Shani's own places, Shani Shingnapur or Kokilavan near Vrindavan, doing the 5–6 km parikrama while chanting the mala mantra brings his special grace.
Caution: the Bel-tree tarpan and the Kali prayoga are not to be done together
The speaker says that besides this tarpan, a Kali prayoga which he has already given can also be used for the same trouble, but he warns that if the two are done together there will be far too much ugrata (fierceness). One is to choose one or the other, not both.
A Kali vigraha was installed in a village but daily puja is not done — what now?
The questioner writes that in the village there was earlier a than of Kali Maiya on a chabutara, and eight years ago his elder father had the praan pratishtha of Maa Kali done and an image made, but daily puja and aarti cannot happen — what should be done? There is simply no alternative to this, he answers; it will have to be done. Either you, or whoever had it made — it is then his responsibility for life; at least so long as he has the capacity in the body, it is his responsibility to make the arrangement. Merely doing praan pratishtha does not make everything done, especially in a temple.
Which vigraha of Bhagavati is still in the khappar mudra?
As you see, he says: Bhagavati who slew Raktabija — one swaroop of hers is seated on the Vindhya mountain as well, which even today, in the whole world — leave aside Bharatvarsh — in the whole world is the one and only vigraha in which Bhagavati is even today in the khichdi mudra. Drinking the blood, how the posture and how the mouth would be: whenever Bhagavati Kali raises the khappar to drink blood, the mouth remains turned upward, that is, she goes into the khichdi mudra. So that original swaroop is present there. It is not that what you are telling of Maharashtra is wrong — both are in their own place; only the kalpa has become different.
Objecting to a dream instruction to worship a deity other than one's own
The speaker criticises 'over smart' people who, on receiving such a dream instruction, first go asking in ten places: we worship Durga ji, we worship Kali ji, why were we told about Hanuman ji, why should we worship him when he himself serves Kali ji? He calls this senseless prattle, and singles out present-day servants of Krishna ji as a case apart — having reached what he calls the utmost pitch of bhakti, they acknowledge nobody but Krishna ji. Making this kind of mistake, he says, is the sadhak's own problem.
On which deity vigrahas must the Mandar Vidya rudraksha mala never be placed?
Where Bhagavati Kali is concerned, if it is Dakshina Kalika and the like, they may be made to wear it. But if there is a Shri vigrah of Shamshan Kalika in your house and you are performing her pujan, or if you worship Bhagavati Tara and her Shri vigrah is present, then do not have this mala worn upon them. It will then become disordered and the matter becomes different. No harm will come to you, the speaker says, but even so a matter of dev dosha arises, because the mala will be a thing consecrated by the Mandar Vidya kalpa and the rest, and that is not to be put upon the other Mahavidyas in that way.
An influencer with even fifty or a hundred listeners carries the responsibility of studying the subject before preaching it
If you are an influencer and 50, 100 or 200 people listen to you, then it becomes your responsibility, he says, and it is being done, and being done very well — speaking not of himself but of others doing good work. He rejects the crowd's "babaji, babaji, whatever babaji says is right", asking how it can be that by their account Durga ji and Kali ji are broom-and-mop wielders; if Jagadamba is so insulted we listen quietly, but if anyone else says something they take it as an insult. A sant should not be angry, he notes, and yet curses are being given in anger — that is the definition of a sant.
Every example offered comes from the Brahmavaivarta Purana, while the Devi Purana is where the matter should be looked for
It seems to him, he says, that the person has not properly studied even his own Vaishnava shastras; had he studied them he would never have said such a thing. Every example they give is from the Brahmavaivarta Purana, and all of it has now been collected. He himself does not read the Brahmavaivarta but the Devi Bhagavat, the Devi Purana, because that is his aradhya — and in it there is discussion of how Bhagavati Radha appeared. For him Radha and Shiva are one, because that is what the Devi Purana says, so as one who worships everybody he has no trouble.
Is the world ever pleased with anyone?
The world is not pleased with anyone, he says: when the world is not pleased even with Shiva ji, how can it be pleased with us? Mahadev is being made nikrisht here, that he is like this and like that; Durga and Kali ji are not being spared. Who are we and you.
Monthly Purnima and Amavasya observance: why it is prescribed and the temple rule
The speaker says one may or may not do a big anushthan at other times, but on the monthly Purnima and Amavasya a special Anushthana and path should be done. The reason he gives is that most people's charts carry Grahan Dosha and Pitru Dosha, and when they do, trouble will surely come at exactly that time; so do more japa and path then, and if a tirtha kshetra or an old temple is nearby, go there that day, register your presence and take refuge. He asks the listener to make it a rule to go to the temple of Bhagavati Kali, or of whoever their Ishta Devata is, on every Amavasya and Purnima, from which they will receive considerable strength.
Kalika and Virabhadra are protective shaktis whose pujan is done at home
The discussion to be held the next day, in which the group will learn about Kalika and Virabhadra, who are protective shaktis, and about the many other shaktis of that kind whose pujan is done at home, or what happens and how when the need arises.
Can mantra japa give experiences and premonitions even without diksha?
The speaker says yes: the sadhika had no diksha, nothing, yet the mantra showed its effect — within 9-10 days came fragrant air, dreams of Dakshineshwari Kali calling her, and wandering in divine lokas; by 1.25-2 lakh japa she was fully surrendered to Bhagavati and premonitions began. He adds that if a person's grahas and nakshatras are right at the time, a yoga of benefic planets is running, there is a special yoga of the ninth house, and the eighth house is awakened, then all these things come at once on entering sadhana. What was not known, he says, was what mistake she was making.
Why must Bhairav's permission be taken before mantra japa?
The speaker gives this as a third point: before the japa of mantras, Bhairav ji's agya and adesh are taken compulsorily. He says this will be received in the guru parampara, but even so a person should ordinarily know this much.
Why does the purashcharan of a stotra have more than one stage?
The speaker says those doing the Kalika Yogini sadhana have a great many preliminary charans, and those doing the purashcharan of the Jagan Mangal Kavach likewise have many charans. When we do the purashcharan of any stotra at all, it is not a single charan.
How does a sahasranama's phalashruti hint at the yantra procedure?
Taking the example of the Dakshina Kalika Sahasranama, he says that in its phalashruti one hears — and in some places reads — that if tarpan is done on the yantra with these mantras, then such and such tasks will be accomplished. That much has been told to you symbolically.
Who actually needs the specific yantras of a mantra or sadhana?
Those doing the Jagan Mangal Kavach sadhana and the Kalika Yogini sadhana will further along need specific yantras of this kind, through which they will carry out and awaken samput work and any shatkarma-related kriyas. Whoever goes that far will need them; otherwise ordinary pujan can be done.
Is there a dosh in calling Ma Kali "mummy"?
Asked by a listener who repeatedly calls Ma Kali "mummy", he says why would a dosh attach — there is no dosh in it.
Are Vaishno Devi and Bhagavati Durga different?
Asked by a listener confused because Vaishno Devi and Ma Durga are both upon a lion, he says he answered this yesterday: both are one and the same, and one should have no worry about it. He quotes: "Ekaiva shaktih parameshvarasya bhinna chaturdha vyavahara kale, purusheshu Vishnur bhogeshu Bhavani samare cha Durga pralaye cha Kali." One is not to make so much distinction. Read the Saptashati — the seventh and eighth adhyayas — and all this confusion will be removed; read the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth adhyayas well in Hindi.
Should one who worships only Kali in Navratri switch to Durga?
Asked by a listener who does the puja only of Ma Kali in the Navratras whether he should do the puja of Ma Durga and Ma Chandika in the Navratras, or of the Ma Kali he has installed, he says do any one. You have made the sthapana of Bhagavati, have you not — then do the puja of Ma Kali herself. Everything is within her.
Where is Kali kula work done on this night?
When you go over to what is connected with the Kali kula, the speaker says, there comes the temple of Shiva ji — the temple of Shiva ji near the shamshaan, a Shiva temple on the bank of Ganga ji, or a Bhagavati devi temple. If it is done at any of those places, then the anubhuti of those divinities occurs.
When exactly is Kojagari and when is Kali puja?
At that time these people will do Kali puja, the speaker says, and in the whole region of Bengal the Kojagari that will occur tomorrow, the Lakhi puja, will be at night alone. It will be tomorrow itself; it is not going to happen the day after tomorrow, because on the day after there is no Purnima at night.
How is a panchayatan formed with Dakshineshwari Kali?
On the form of Dakshineshwari Kali ji, the speaker says that as regards a panchayatan the very first question is whether Bhagavati Dakshineshwari is your kuldevi or not. If she is the kuldevi, then according to that, who else is worshipped — and then a pinda-sahit panchayatan of theirs will be formed. And if it is not so, then Ganapati ji, Batuk Bhairav ji, a shivling, and along with them Narayan: the place of all of these will remain, especially.
What is the remedy when a three-month-old child's atma is present in a house?
Asked about a remedy for the atma of a three-month-old child being present in the house, and about a donation at a Kali temple on the day of Diwali or Kali Chaudas that had been described a year earlier, the speaker replies that that video is available on the channel — watch it and do it.
Is Kali seated on a lotus asana a valid form?
Asked about Mata Kali seated upon the asana of a lotus, the speaker answers that this is absolutely a form of hers.
Can one who worships Kali do her worship on this night?
You can do it — you can do a hundred and eight paths of Bhagavati Lakshmi, do the paath of the ashtak, the speaker says. If you worship Bhagavati Kali, then there is no such matter that you cannot do it tomorrow either; you can do Mahakali tomorrow as well. But there is that form of Bhagavati to whom that field has been given, that this form of yours is authorised for this field. So if we do that one, then we shall properly obtain the attainment in that field. That is the whole point.
A sahasranama archan of any devi is possible on it, but the avaran pujan only of the yantra's own deity
In that way you can do the sahasranama archan of Durga ji, but you will not be able to do the avaran pujan — how will you do the avaran in it, the speaker says. You can do the sahasra archan of Durga ji; if you have a desire to do that of Kali ji, then do the sahasra archan of Kali ji; do the archan of any devi upon it, there is no problem in doing archan, the presence of all is held to be there. But the avaran pujan you will do only of that deity whose yantra it is.
Which deity may be taken as guru, and for what is this not allowed?
On the day of Guru Purnima it is your wish — you may make Bhagwan Dattatreya guru, Mahadev guru, Bhagwan Narayan, Maa Jagadamba, Maa Kali, according to your own reckoning. But not for tantra vidya, the speaker says again and again: a guru is not to be made this way for the tantra shastra, for tantra vidya.
What is the vidhi of the Kali Sahasranama path?
Asked the vidhi of the Kali Sahasranama path, the speaker asks which Kali Sahasranama the questioner wishes to do — there are many Sahasranamas; speak with him once and he will tell. In general, if you wish to do the path of the Sahasranama of Bhagavati Kali, then doing it either at the time of daybreak or at the time of night is more fruitful.
Which Kali Sahasranama is most suitable for householders?
The Dakshina Kali Sahasranama is the most proper for a householder sadhak, for sadhikas, the speaker says.
Chamunda rules those very rakshasas and you are her servant; the whole Ratri Suktam is dedicated to Jagadamba, and Bhagavati is Ratri-swaroopa.
Which rakshasas, he asks. The one who rules over those rakshasas is Bhagavati Chamunda, and you are her servant. Bhagavati is Ratri-swaroopa. The whole Ratri Suktam is dedicated to Jagadamba — and here you are running away, saying no, we shall not do it at night. It is precisely at night that it will be done.
Kali's stotra, satnam or kavach takes 50 grams of black pepper into the half kilo of mustard and 100 grams of chirmi — this being dhuna, not havan.
When you are making the prayoga of Bhagavati Kali's stotra, satnam, kavach and the rest for protective purposes — and here, he insists, we are doing dhuna, we are not doing havan; no havan of a kavach is taking place, we are charging it and doing dhuna — then in this you may also use black pepper. That is: half a kilo of yellow mustard, 100 grams of red chirmi, and 50 grams of black pepper in it. Grind it, make a powder. The camphor will remain the same 100 grams.
Where an ugra swaroop of Kali is the household kuldevi, the 64 Yogini use of clove and bali is added, to keep her energy under control.
If some ugra swaroop of Bhagavati Kali is worshipped in your house — an ugra swaroop of Jagadamba as the kuldevi — then in this the same 64 Yogini use of clove and the rest is to be made. Bali and the like may be given, for the ugrata and so on, so that Ma's energy remains under control; because, he reminds them, we are making a prayoga.
The predictable error is a re-teller carrying black pepper over into Baglamukhi's prayoga on the reasoning that it increases the energy.
And those who now, he says — as when he said that in making the prayoga of Bhagavati Kali's mantras, black pepper — some listener will tell it on his own channel and will put black pepper into Bhagavati Baglamukhi's, saying yes, that will increase the energy further. Then that very confusion will arise. Do not cook a khichdi, he says; keep it in view.
Which goddesses stand as the arishtatra shaktis of Rahu and Ketu?
Where Ketu's arishtatra shakti becomes Bhagavati Chhinnamastika, the arishtatra shakti of Rahu dev among the ten Mahavidyas becomes Bhagavati Kali herself; she becomes Bhagavati Matangi; and for that same Rahu, Bhagavati Saraswati, Mahasaraswati, becomes the arishtatra. So why carry that Rahu always in the negative?
Should one recite the Vairi Nashan Kali kavach directly?
He says that if there is need, do it; but if there is no such enemy, what is the need? First do Ganpati sadhana and the like, do Bhairav ji's, and then do Kali ji's. The Vairi Nashan Kali kavach is meant for when there is some wicked person who is troubling you — when there is no need, why do it.
What does a form with khadga, mudgar, narmund and khappar indicate?
A listener describes a form with khadga, mudgar, narmund and khappar, with Shiva ji at the feet and the left foot upon Mata ji — that is, Bhagavati has placed her left foot upon Shiva ji. He says that if it is khappar-bearing Kalika then she is ugra; had it been Dakshina Kalika there would have been only the narmund and the khadga.
A householder must not adopt a Bhairav or Kali temple that stands inside shmashan bhoomi
The speaker says a Grihastha should never go regularly, daily, to a Bhairava temple or a Kali temple that stands within Shamshaan bhoomi. If the temple stands before the boundary of the shmashan bhoomi begins, one may go there regularly.
Seven or eight sadhaks have already sent in experiences of the Kalika Yogini path
He says that of the Hanuman Chalisa and of the Kalika Yogini so much experience is coming in that up to now seven to eight people have sent theirs, and for the maximum of them it has been a voice arriving with such grandeur, and a fully direct sense that yes, someone is there. The mantra is awakened and the mantra is also a sabar mantra, and above all it was the time of Diwali and then the grahan on top of it, for those who did the path and the sadhana of Bhagavati Kalika's Yogini this time.
What can a person do who does not know how to perform a havan at all?
The speaker says he has shown the vidhi of taking out a khappar in the Kalika Yogini sadhana, and how a satvik khappar is given. That can be done, and it needs no mantra at all. You may give that khappar in the name of Bhagavati Kali, in the name of Hanuman ji, in the name of Bhairav ji — in the name of any one deity of protective disposition who is renowned for these matters — or in the name of whatever shakti is worshipped in your house. There is no dosha of any kind in it.
Do other deities take negative beings as their seat too?
Just as Bhagavati Kali in her many forms is sarva-vahana — she makes every single one her vehicle and every one her asana — so, the speaker says, Bhagavati Pratyangira sits directly upon the pishach, and upon whatever negative shakti there is she sits directly. Bhagavati Baglamukhi too sits visibly upon all of them: if it is a pret she sits upon the pret, that is, she will first suppress the pret, so she will first sit upon that very one. Exactly so with Hanuman ji.
What if liquor and meat are used in the food of the household?
Asked by a listener whether satvik puja causes difficulty if madira and mans are used in the food, the speaker says: do not worry — praying to your ishta and aradhya, change the form. You can do the upasana of Bhagwan Narsingh. You can do the upasana of Kaal Bhairav or Batuk Bhairav in that manner, so that no dosha attaches. Do the upasana of the form of Bhagavati Kali.
Should elaichi be offered upon the kapur?
Elaichi should not be offered upon kapur, the speaker says. Elsewhere in the session he adds, naming another questioner, that elaichi is not to be offered on kapur — laung is to be offered.
How does one choose among the many Ashtottar Shatnams?
There are very many Ashtottar Shatnams. Read the phalashruti first of all, and the purva pithika — the things told at the beginning, that Bhairav ji asked, or Maa Bhairavi asked, which is the means by which creatures in the Kalikaal will be able to be liberated easily. Then Bhairav ji tells that if any person does nitya path of these 108 names of Bhagavati Kali, all kinds of siddhis become available to him very easily. Do its path first and see what is being said; then after the 108 names see what the phalashruti is.
What message is given by Shiva lying beneath the feet of Kali and Kamakhya?
Asked what message is given in both, where Shiva ji is beneath the feet of Maa Kali and Maa Kamakhya: in both this very message is given — that however capable a man may be, he should always remain under the control of his ardhangini. For the householder, this is the message.
Can the Kali Hriday Stotra be recited?
The Kali Hriday Stotra can be done, the speaker says, but he warns: hriday means the nearest, so if you do it the experience will be somewhat vikat and vikaral. If you do Shiva pujan well, then do it while doing Shiva pujan — perhaps the questioner does perform Shiva pujan and his abhishek well. Do it in the Kali temple itself, if you wish to do it, and do not do it in greater quantity.
What does it mean to hear the Kali Gayatri mantra in a dream?
A listener says he hears the Kali Gayatri mantra half-heard in dreams, echoing in the ears in a very loud voice, and asks why. Your sadhanas are bearing fruit, the speaker answers; Bhagavati's grace is coming. If Bhagavati's Gayatri mantra is being heard by you, and that of Bhagavati Kali, then it is good — it is a very auspicious sign.
What should one carry when visiting Kalka Ji?
Asked what to take when going to Kalka Ji on 24 December, the speaker says one should take a rose flower if it can be got and a garland of gudhal flowers for Bhagavati's shringar pujan, the chunri and the garment of shringar, and whatever bhog is offered there. And if 24 December falls on a Saturday, make a nimbu mala with your own hands — of 27 lemons, or 54, or 108, as many as possible — putting marigold flowers in between so it looks more beautiful and attractive. The pujari will put it on, and as long as it remains around Bhagavati's neck a special grace will come to you.
If I am doing Kalika Yogini, what do I do for the five days?
If you are doing Kalika Yogini you will do that same one principally, but along with it you must do the Dhanteras pujan. The five-day anushthan — minimum, from Trayodashi to Dooj, or Dwadashi to Pratipada — is to be done of Bhagavati Kalika herself.
How is that mixture made and applied to the child?
Grind the kali haldi with this dust, mix it in cow ghee — these three materials together — and consecrate it with the mantras of Bhagavati, of Bhagavati Kali, with the Jayanti Mangala Kali mantra. Then apply a little of the whole material on the child's navel each night before he sleeps, or just after he falls asleep, around eight or nine at night, and leave it. Start doing this continuously.
What is done on the night of Chaturdashi?
After that comes the deep daan of Yamraj — again you will do the deep daan of Yamraj. And on the night of Chaturdashi, whatever anushthan you are already doing or beginning: supposing you do the pujan of Kali ji, that you are doing the sadhana and anushthan of Kali ji, then on the night of Chaturdashi certainly do her japa. It is Kali Chaudas, so on that day her japa will certainly happen.
What if I am doing no sadhana at all and am confused?
If you are doing no sadhana, are not capable of doing one, do not have that much capacity to sit, or are very confused right now — the confusion is more than needed and the wish simply does not arise — then he gives a very small task. Begin from the day of Dhanteras, or else from Kali Chaudas, and do it at least up to Bhai Dooj. If you want to do it for three days, then Chaudas, Amavasya and Pratipada — do that much.
What are the food and timing rules for that small practice?
In it you have to do the work at night, and you need have no worry about eating and drinking — eat food freely; only if it feels a little cold, heat the water before bathing at evening and bathe. On the evening or night of Chaturdashi, around nine at night, or later if you are allowed by the guardians at home and there is no such problem of quarrels among yourselves, you can do this work at night too — in the nishchit vyapam of Chaudas, in the mahanishchit vyapam, in the mahanishith kaal.
Do I need an image of Kali ji for this?
In this you have to do the pujan of Bhagavati Kali ji. Any small chhaya chitra of Kali ji, or her shri vigraha and the like, will also do; and if there is none, there is no difficulty either. If you wish you may make a new arrangement and keep one — doing it with one placed there is fine and good, your bhav will be built more; but even without it, it will do.
What is the practice itself on Kali Chaudas night?
What is to be done in it is the path of the Kali Chalisa. He says the whole brihad vidhi, the complete vidhi vidhan, is a separate matter — the pujan of Kali ji together with her Nityas — but sixteen lamps have to be lit, for the sake of Bhagavati Kali. Kali ji's sixteen Nityas, and besides the sixteen there are other Nityas as well which come among the Mahanityas; rather than do that much, you have only to do this.
What should I take to the Kali temple?
Certainly make a mala of at least twenty-seven lemons — you can also make it mixing lemons and flowers. Having bathed, make the mala, and take a little mithai and certainly take akshat from home when going to a temple for pujan of this kind. Akshat means unbroken rice, dyed yellow, taken in a yellow cloth or in a bowl or some vessel; first keep it at your own puja place, offer pranam, and take it to Bhagavati's temple.
What is done at the temple?
First of all do deep daan there — at least two lamps are to be lit in the temple. Then hand it to whichever pujari is there for Bhagavati Kali, telling him your name and gotra, that you do Bhagavati's pujan from my name and gotra and offer this akshat at Bhagavati's shri charan. He will put the mala on Bhagavati, offer the akshat, offer the bhog. Whatever prasad, and flowers kept with it, the pujari ji returns — flowers, bel patra, whatever is obtained from Bhagavati's shri charan — you are to bring back and keep at your puja place.
How are the sixteen lamps arranged at night?
At night sixteen lamps are to be lit. Take roli — a two hundred fifty gram or two hundred gram packet, since you will need roli in good quantity for all three days — and make sixteen heaps of roli below at the puja place, and on each heap arrange one lamp. Clay lamps may be used, and if clay, take a fresh lamp each day; buy up to five dozen at one time, since you will need them in Diwali anyway. In each put a wick of cotton, a double wick in all of them, mustard oil in all, and five black peppercorns in each — certainly. No laung or elaichi is to be put in, only black pepper.
What else is placed with the lamps, and how is the Chalisa read?
Behind those sixteen lamps — the mouths being toward Bhagavati — one flower each should be kept; if red flowers can be had, that is best. Offer bhog at one place, any mithai or kishmish. If there is a shri vigraha or photo of Bhagavati, adorn her with flowers. Sit on a red asana wearing red clothes, and do the path of the Kali Chalisa sixteen times, counting on cloves: take one clove in the hand, do one reading of the Kali Chalisa, offer it before Bhagavati. He says the PDF of the Kali Chalisa is available on the channel and people have already posted their experience of it.
How did Bhagavati Kali manifest?
Know that, as with japa in a grahan where manifold fruit is obtained, Kali Chaudas too has great importance, he says. As to how Bhagavati Kali manifested: Bhadrakali, who manifested from the jata of Bhagavan Shiva; she who manifested from the forehead of Bhagavati Kaushiki; Bhagavati Chamunda, who is a form of Bhagavati Kali and is also held to be a portion of Bhadrakali, and who is worshipped most of all; and Kalika, who remained in the form of Bhagavati Kalika when Kaushiki separated from the body of Bhagavati Parvati. Of these three principal forms, the origin of one is held to be on Kali Chaudas.
Which kalpa is followed where?
Go to Kamarupa Kamakhya and the special pujan, the principal pujan, happens according to the Prachanda kalpa. In the Vindhya region whatever pujan takes place is according to the Ugrachanda kalpa, in most places, and especially where pujan of forms connected with Kali takes place. And what we ourselves do is happening according to the Kaushiki kalpa — that is, the region of West Bengal, where in most places kalash sthapana and the rest happens on the day of Pratipada, and prabodhan and so on on the day of Shashthi.
The sixteen lamps are lit in the name of Bhagavati Kalika and her sixteen Nityas
The discussion that had been running from the start was this: that when you do pujan, the pujan of shaktis of this kind also takes place, and Bhagavati herself gave the blessing that this pujan will happen. So when we light sixteen lamps on the night of the Chaturdashi of Diwali, it is in the name of Bhagavati Kalika, in the name of her sixteen Nityas. And if you do not even know the names of the Nityas, then light them in the ordinary way, and do the Kali Chalisa sixteen times, one reading on one clove, offering them to her.
Can Kalika Yogini sadhaks and those who know avaran pujan do more?
The rest of the people who are doing the Kalika Yogini sadhana or other sadhanas connected with Kali ji may also, if they wish, do deep daan; there is no dosha in it. And those who have learned the avaran pujan — by now some have learned three or four of Bhagavati Kalika — who are doing it, the old sadhaks, who have knowledge of the Nityas, of the Ashta Matrikas and the Ashta Tantrik Matrikas: they may do deep daan in their names if they wish, since their sadhana is already running.
Can I worship a Mahakali with weapons in all ten hands?
Answering Rahul Rana ji, he says he has clarified this before in a live and there is a separate video too: it is fitting to do the pujan at home of a shri vigraha in which at least one hand of Bhagavati is in the ashirvad mudra, in Bhagavati's saumya form, because our own bhav is formed accordingly. And if it is that ten-faced Bhagavati, she is the form of the ten Mahavidyas — you may keep her photo and do seva-puja, that will do; if she has a khappar, then keep madhu in the khappar, and it is fitting that one hand be in the ashirvad mudra.
Should I switch from Mahabhairav to Kalika Yogini?
Answering Ashish ji, he says: do not leave Mahabhairav. Do theirs. Along with it, do the pujan of Bhagavati Kali. If you want to do Kalika Yogini, he will forbid you now — stop; you have laboured this many days, do not run away. Stop.
Can I do a five-day anushthan of the Durga thirty-two Namavali?
Absolutely do it, he says — do it by the chakra vidhi. If it is five days, then do it five times by the chakra vidhi, five times as well; meaning, one chakra vidhi in one day is what you are saying, and that too can be done, and more than one can also be done. Asked separately about Sapta Shloki Durga versus a repetition versus the first sadhana of Kalika Yogini, he tells Anil ji to do the Saptashloki, since he did the Saptashloki this time.
What should those with oot, miscarriage or masan dosha do?
Those who do the upays connected with oot, or whose miscarriage and the like has happened and those children appear in dreams; women who see themselves as pregnant; unmarried girls who see themselves pregnant or with a child; those with masan dosha and the like, or the dosha of the kalve — such people should on the day of Amavasya go to the temple of Bhagavati Kali ji, where a peepal tree stands, and there certainly do the upay that has been described. For the oot of the house, for children of the house whose death happened in that way, whatever vidhi of pujan has been described is to be done at the temple only. This pujan is not to be done at home — he says he has clarified this again and again.
Does the Kalika Yogini sadhana cut the tantra in the house, and what about varshiki?
Asked whether doing Kalika Yogini sadhana will cut the tantra vichar of the house, he says it absolutely will — but do not leave off doing Mahabhairav. Asked separately whether Hanuman ji's sadhana does not exist, he replies that of course it does, why would it not. And to Monika ji he says: if the annual pujan is done, only then should you do it; if the varshiki has not been done, if the barsi has not been done, then do not do seva-puja now, and do not take part in any anushthan.
Where should Kuber's lamp be lit in a Shiv temple?
Light it toward the north direction, he says. Asked whether one may do any deep daan for Maa Kali, for Maa Bhavani, he answers: absolutely, you can. He notes that he has already spoken about the Yam lamp, and answers Subhash Chandra ji, whose Shri Kaal Bhairav Ashtak anushthan was completed on 7 November 2023, that it is no matter and there will be a conversation soon.
Kali Panchban or Kali Raksha sadhana — which should be done?
Do the Panchban, he says — Kali Chaudas, Diwali. He remarks that all these sadhanas are on the channel and people simply do not look; the solution to every problem has been told entirely clearly and in expanded form. Do the Kali Panchban: those who have to use it for a job and the like, or for wealth and the like, and who hold Kali ji as their ishta, should not do a separate sadhana for Lakshmi ji but should use the Kali Panchban itself.
Where should someone in Deoghar look for a guru?
Asked by someone living in Deoghar whether there is any guru nearby, he says: go into the Sawar region; in the temples, in the temple of Kali ji and of Bagla Mai, sadhaks each finer than the last are seated. Seeing, becoming acquainted, asking about them, then take diksha. If it seems fitting to you, take it after knowing and testing.
Which is Kalika and which is Kaushiki?
That dark one became renowned upon the Himalaya by the name Kalika; and she who was manifested of fair complexion, the divine tejas that was manifested, the woman who was manifested — she is Kaushiki.
What is Bhagavati Kaushiki's form held to be?
The form of Bhagavati Kaushiki has been held to be the form of Mahasaraswati. Bhagavati Kaushiki is the slayer of Shumbha and Nishumbha; and from the forehead of Bhagavati Kaushiki came the manifestation of Bhagavati Kali, of Bhagavati Chamunda, and of many mahashaktis.
Knowing nothing else, the Jayanti Mangala Kali mantra 108 times morning and night with the family, a lamp each for Bhagavati and Bhairav, is enough to bring benefit.
Then take the Jayanti Mangala Kali mantra and do its path 108 times in the morning and 108 times at night, together with the family — kindling a lamp in the name of Bhagavati and one in the name of Bhairav ji. It is a simple sort of task, and the speaker says that if you do even that much, then whether or not you have any enemy, whether or not any trouble is in your life, benefit will certainly reach you.
Is it Maa Kali in the original form, or Bhadrakali?
The speaker says he has clarified this many times: it is the swaroop of Bhadrakali and of Virabhadra ji that is obtained.
May two cloves be offered daily to Ma Kali?
You may absolutely offer it; there is no difficulty. The question comes from a claim that a daily clove-and-camphor offering to Kali ji falls in the category of Tamasic worship — a claim he rejects sharply.
Are the Ganesh of the Vedas and the Ganesh we worship different?
The objection is not to the claim but to the manner: that the deities are not respected and are spoken of however one likes. Even granting the claim — fine, they are different — subjects connected with Sanatan must be spoken of with manner, with the honorifics kept.
What should be done when unknown women and children are seen on closing the eyes?
Have a Bhairav Yaag performed at the house and have the Kshetrapal Nikari done — at minimum that much. Find a somewhat knowledgeable Brahmin who worships at a Kali temple and knows the Saptashati Chandi recitation; have it done on one day, on the Krishna Paksha Chaturdashi.
Whose form gives a garland in a dream?
The speaker first says such a dream should not be described publicly. The form described, he says, is actually Bhagavati Kamakhya in her Yogini form — and that she is giving to you means she is pleased with you. In that state only Kamakhya's Yoginis give; nobody else does.
What punishment does one who performs a Maran receive?
Such a punishment, the speaker says, that they are reduced to want of every grain — and they do not even die. Worms come to such people.
What should be done where a Bhairav says he is bound in the house?
If Bhairav ji is in a binding, he will be the Kul Bhairav, and someone must have made a vow or a Bhog offering of that kind. Have Bhagavati Kalika worshipped and a Saptashati recitation done on the Chaturdashi, with the Chhidrapal Nikari — that will be sufficient, and with a Sankalpa for Bhairav ji's release, the whole work is done.
Who can make a Brahm listen when it obeys no one?
The speaker says that when Brahm do not accept anyone's word, they listen to Badi Bhavani — meaning she who is entirely not a devi of this loka, the mahashakti of the divya loka, Jagadamba Bhagavati Durga. Kali ji's servants may harass them by various mantra vidya or tamasic vidya, but for a dev shakti to accept from the heart, it is only and only Durga ji, Badi Bhavani, the Jagadamba swarup, trinetra, by whose grace they are stopped.
What are the root forms of Gauraiya Baba and Banni Mata?
The speaker says Gauraiya Baba's swarup is that of Bhringi; and Banni Parmeshwari has two swarups. One is Banni Mata, who was brought from Uttarakhand, and there is a full katha of how she came into that region — that is the swarup of Kalika, the very swarup of Bhagavati of which he has given the Kalika Yogini sadhana.
What is the difference between Banni Parmeshwari and Bandi Parmeshwari?
The speaker says a difference has to be made here, since the names cause confusion: Bandi Mata is Patal Kalika, and she is also there in the form of Bhadrakali.
What is the vidhan of Kalika pujan with itra?
Asked what the vidhan is for the pujan of Kalika with itra, the speaker says the questioner is now going into another line, and that he too knows which Kalika pujan is done with itra — declining to set it out.
How does one go from the beginning kavach of Pratyangira to a higher level?
The speaker says that to take the beginning sadhana of the kavach to a higher level you should go by krama-bheda: taking diksha and then proceeding in sequence for whichever Pratyangira you are going to do sadhana of. If you state the meaning of Pratyangira plainly it becomes the swarup of Bhagavati Kali, since the swarup of the first Mahavidya from the anger element is hers — so her mool swarup must be done in sadhana first, and only then will the sadhana of the chief swarups follow.
Can other deities be worshipped upon a Narmadeshwar Shivling at home?
Asked whether, if a Narmadeshwar Shivling is worshipped at home, the puja of Maa Kali along with Bhairav ji and Datt Maharaj may also be done on the ling murti, the speaker says that although all the devi-devatas are established in a Shivling, you may do it for anyone at all; there is no difficulty of that kind.
How should a panchayatan be arranged with Maa Kali in the centre?
The speaker says Maa Kali will remain in the middle; and around her, on both sides in front of her, Ganapati on one side and Surya on the other; behind, on both sides — Vishnu ji towards her right portion and Shiva ji towards her left portion. He offers to make a photo of the panchayatan for the questioner.
Can Baglamukhi and Kali be done together when attraction shifts?
Asked by a listener who had long been doing the Baglamukhi Ashtottara Shatanama, then the Kali Yogini sadhana and Vairi Nashan, and now feels attraction towards Kali Mata, the speaker says that if you are now doing Bhagavati Kali's, then go on doing hers alone. Do hers for some time — three months, six months. It is not that you cannot do it, but do only one; if you do the one you are doing for a long time, it will be better.
A public description of Bhagavati Madanand would draw the wrong listener to a shakti not everyone may serve.
The speaker says that for a householder these are such shaktis that if their whole tantrokta detail were discussed, it would be right for those who already have the knowledge; but new people are as the earlier questioner was — if he throws light on the swarup of Bhagavati Madanand and describes her, people will be attracted there. Not everyone can do the seva-puja of Bhagavati Madanand, and people will not accept that; if he tells the thing without being asked, then even if they do not get the process from here they will get it elsewhere, because such is her capacity, and then they will begin doing it and difficulty will arise. Some things, he says, should be told only in a limited measure.
Must an abhichar be removed by the same deity whose shakti was sent?
The speaker says the idea that an Abhichara must be removed by the same deity whose shakti was sent, or by a guru of that deity, belongs mostly to the village-bhagat tradition; it is correct and does happen, but tantra is not limited to it. If an abhichar was set going with Kali ji's mantra, it is not at all the case that it will come off only through Kali's mantra — it will come off through Bhagwan Shiva too, and through others.
Who is Badi Bhavani?
Badi Bhavani means Jagadamba, seated in full form with complete capability. The speaker rejects the folk scheme that calls a dead unmarried girl Bhavani, a burned married woman Sati, a dead pregnant woman Kalika and her unborn child Bhairav.
Where is the strongest power of a locality usually found?
At the oldest Durga worship site of that region — an old Durga, Chandika or Kali temple, especially one where Bali is offered or Mahishasura Mardini is worshipped, at least fifty to a hundred years old. That place's most formidable power is certainly present there.
The Khappar is offered in the name of the region's Shakti Peeth and its Bhairav
To the Shakti Peeth of your area and its Bhairav — Vimala and Jagannath in the Purushottam Kshetra, Kalighat's Kali with Nakuleshwar Bhairav in Calcutta, Tara with Akshobhya Bhairav near Tarapith — with the prayer that it reach your own Kuldevi.
Should an established daily practice be added to over time?
Yes, for established practitioners — because doing the same thing indefinitely once it is fully practised leaves the mind wandering. Add to it: fold the Devi Suktam mantras into your sixteen-upachara worship, or embed verses of the Sahasranama. Adding is not changing the deity.
Why does a Shanishchari Amavasya fall just before this Chaitra Navratri?
Only two or three days remain before Chaitra Navratri, the speaker says, and on the Saturday falls a Shanishchari Amavasya — a night-time, nishiddha-kaal Amavasya, of the sort observed wherever Bhagavati Kali or a tantra peeth keeps nishiddha-kaal pujan and where there is a vidhan of bali in the shamshaan and such places.
The middle route up the hill, once used by tantrics at night, has been diverted.
Leaving Mukteshwar Mahadev makes it the mool trikon; after that, if people go for darshan of Kankal Kali — many, returning from Nandaja parvat, go by way of Kankal Kali and then to Ashtabhuja — that too is proper. The middle route, climbing the hill from the ghat of Ganga ji, is now no longer possible for everyone: a great deal of demolition has occurred and people have diverted the road, since it was not a main road but a road meant for sadhaks; mostly the journey that way was made at night, and it still is, only the road has changed a little.
The Kalika of Himalaya: which Kali the yogini sadhana addresses
The sankalp, the speaker says, is for the grace and direct siddhi of one principal Yogini of Bhagavati Kalika who is wholly motherly, gentle, simple and kind. Since there are many Kalis, he identifies her from the Durga Saptashati: when Parvati was doing tapasya on Himalaya and the devas praised her, Bhagavati Kaushiki emerged from her body and Parvati's body turned black — she became known as the Kalika of Himalaya, and a yogini of that form of Jagdamba Parvati is what this sadhana seeks.
Form of Kalika for the yogini sadhana dhyan
The speaker describes the Devi's form: four-armed, black in colour yet gentle, with a crescent moon on the forehead and three eyes; two of the four arms in abhaya and vara Mudra, one hand holding a Khappar and one a khadga. She is seated upon Mahadev Sadashiva, with Mahadev Shiva lying beneath in the form of Bhairav.
Asan and image for the Kalika Yogini sadhana
The speaker says the asan should be of red wool — best — or a red blanket. A murti of Bhagavati Kalika in the form he described is best, or a photo of the same form; if no image is kept it is no fault, but where one is used it must be the blessing (ashirvad) mudra form, or a picture of Dakshineshwari Kalika. Dakshina Kalika will do, he says, because she is the Adya Kalika, the Adya Kali, the Adya Shakti.
Temple invitation vidhan the day before the Kalika Yogini sadhana
The speaker says the amantran is given the morning of the day before the sadhana starts, at the nearest Kali temple in one's own town — never a shamshan temple; failing that, a Shiva temple beside Parvati. A thali carries a red jawa garland, a lotus, bel patra, five sweets, a chunari, a gamchha, paan-supari on top, Akshat, rose ittr, some Dakshina and two ghee lamps, plus a ripe red pomegranate if possible. After lighting a lamp one prays, stating one's own name and Gotra, to Jagdamba, Parvati, Kalika of Himalaya, for one motherly Yogini who stays for life, helps in every dharmic work and finally leads to her loka — no lamenting of sorrows — and asks Shiva-Bhairav's permission too, since his aagya is necessary. The pandit offers everything in the sadhak's own name and gotra only, never the family's; the lotus is retrieved for a further dakshina and worshipped first next day on a red chunari.
What was Kamrup Kamakhya once the chief place of?
In exactly that way, the speaker says, Bhagavati Kamrup Kamakhya is the chief Mahashakti, who is held to be the samyak swaroop of Bhagavati Kali and Tara; and the Kamrup Kamakhya kshetra was at one time the chief sadhan of Bhagavati Tripurasundari, of Shri Vidya. Because of fabricated things of this kind people fell away, a gap in knowledge-sharing was somewhere formed, and today people know that thing only for some other reason.
What is done with that energy, and how is it projected?
To preserve that energy, when they perform siddhi of it, they perform it beneath some yogini of Bhagavati Kali, the speaker says; even if it is perfected independently, it is perfected in that same form. And when it is then fed to someone or has to be projected onto someone, difficulty follows. Sadhaks of this kind today perfect such things — there will be shakti — and then, when some woman in distress comes to them, they tell her there is Bhairavi tattva within you, and have that shakti projected onto her.
What should be done if a shakti is taking some kind of bhog from us?
Whenever you do mantra japa, different kinds of effect increase in the body, the speaker says. If the effect increases at the Muladhara, then both kaam and krodh increase. If you do sadhana connected with Bhagavati Kali, then krodh will also increase within you and there will be an increase of kamanas as well — that is, you will be very much afflicted by kaam. To control it, who will control it? Shiva will. Therefore the abhishek of Shiva, the abhishek of Bhairav, is necessary.
When should a mala or yantra be dissolved, and what is Kamakhya's swaroop held to be?
Asked when a mala or yantra should be dissolved, the speaker says: if the mala breaks, or the yantra becomes broken, then. And Bhagavati Kamakhya, in one manner, has been held to be the mixed swaroop of Maa Kali and Tara; Kamakhya is in herself a Mahayogini and a distinct swaroop.
What should a sadhak do at home during the Ambubachi parva?
The last thing he will say, the speaker states, is what is to be done and not done in the Ambubachi parva. Every sadhak, whether sadhika or sadhak, should at the time of the Ambubachi parva cover the Shri vigrahas of Bhagavati in your house with red cloth — as you do the puja of Bhagavati Durga, or the puja of Bhagavati Kalika — from 22 June up to 26 June. On 22 June, early in the morning, have Bhagavati bathed and the rest, quite early in the morning, and cover her wholly with red cloth. Only her eyes and face should be faintly visible. Whatever ornaments are upon her body, all the ornaments should be removed; if there are weapons to be put on and given into her hands, those should be taken out and given rest.
Which forms of Bhagavati should be covered during the Ambubachi parva?
Every person should perform pujan in this manner at the time of the Ambubachi parva, the speaker says — whichever swaroop of Bhagavati it may be, whether Kali, or Durga, or Maa Bhagavati Bagla; chiefly, whosever Shri vigraha is installed at home, they should certainly be covered. The subject has been told separately on the channel too, and he will put it up again.
Weekly Kali or Hanuman temple puja, lemon garland and lemon jyot, and evening lamps in Bhairav's name after a maran prayog
Alongside all the vidhans, the speaker says, give puja at a Kali ji or Hanuman ji temple on Tuesdays and Saturdays, garland Bhagavati with lemons, and light a lemon jyot with a sankalp made through the patient's own touch. Every evening light a lamp on either side of the house, or a single small chaumukh lamp with four wicks in Bhairava ji's name. Kept up for a long time, this pacifies and destroys the maran's effect, and whatever prayog someone does, the calamity they intend cannot arrive — though the rest, he says, lies with Bhagavati's will and one's own Prarabdha and punya.
Does Kali mount the body of a person?
A listener says the savari of Maa Kali comes upon his wife and she cures people, but that Maa is not becoming manifest. How will she become manifest, he asks — have you the capacity to make Kali manifest? And what proof is there that Kali ji is coming upon your wife? If Kali ji is coming, then she is curing people — what sort of thing is that? Why is she curing them; why is she interfering in someone's prarabdha, upon somebody's body? A gaddi has a rule and a maryada. Kali ji, he says, never comes upon anybody's body — that is the first thing; the body is made of the five elements. Her yoginis come, and they have a limit; they come for the welfare and protection of the family.
Where a savari is made to come and people are gathered at a gaddi, a deception is going on and the work bears no fruit.
If someone begins to have a savari come upon them, and begins of their own accord to call people or people begin to come, and you do all this for them, then it will not bear fruit hereafter. He says he is speaking from experience, that the listener will not like it now and will find his words bitter and may abuse him; and that the woman upon whom the mata comes, if she hears it, will make a still greater commotion at what was said about her. But this, he says, is the truth. Then a deception is going on here — that is what we will tell you straight; the rest is your wish.
What should be done to obtain the boundless kripa of Kalika and Durga?
If the boundless kripa of Maa Kalika and Maa Durga is to be obtained, he says, first of all become surrendered to Bhagavati. There are a great many stutis of hers: do the stuti by whichever pleases your heart and whichever you desire. Then it will be much better.
Is a possessing power driven out by beating the person with a slipper?
The speaker says no. He recounts a well-known television figure boasting that he raised his slipper at a woman claiming to be Kali and that the possession left. Beating exists as a prescribed procedure with its own rule and method, but the speaker holds it is not something to be said in public in this form.
Why is liquor offered to Kaal Bhairav?
The speaker declines to answer here. Giving a reasoned answer and satisfying the questioner, he says, are two different things — the answer exists and others have already explained it, but the subject is not easy for everyone to digest. He will set it out separately, with proof.
A scholar's grandson showed the incense anticlockwise at Dakshineswar: three generations' loss from an alternative taken as the norm.
A young man from a wealthy Brahmin family, whose grandfather had been a great scholar, showed the incense to the Devi anticlockwise at the Dakshineswar Kali temple. The Bengali priest shouted at him. The speaker's point is that the loss ran down three generations from an alternative taken as the norm.
What are the two parts of tantra?
Tantra has two parts. One is the philosophical part, called tantra darshan, in which every kind of shakti is expounded according to a doctrinal principle. The other is the tantric or operative part, which has no philosophy in it — it has shatkarma, mantra siddhis, purashcharan and the darshan of one's own aradhya.
Can Kali's Trilok Vijayi kavach be added to the Panchakshari vidhi?
Asked whether, along with the Panchakshari vidhi, one may do japa of Ma Kali's Trilok Vijayi kavach at night because of a greater shraddha towards Ma Kali, and whether Ma Kali's 108 namavali may be read in place of Ma Durga's in the Panchakshari sadhana, the speaker answers: absolutely do so. You may do japa of Ma Kali's Trilok Vijayi kavach, and you may also read the 108 namavali.
Jwalamukhi stone prayoga at a Kali temple to free bound pitr
The speaker's third remedy is a Tantrokta Prayoga to be tried only after many others have failed, since it needs a hard-to-get item: a jwalamukhi stone, sold at some puja shops at a high price. On Amavasya, bathe it in Gangajal and have the pandit place it on the right foot of Kali in a temple at least 12 years old; take the sankalp and do japa of the first mantra of the Argala Stotra for at least a sava ghanta. Neither you nor the pandit (paid daan-Dakshina for this) may touch the stone: push it with a Peepal leaf onto a second peepal leaf, tie it in yellow or white cloth, and hang it outside the main door on the side that falls to your right as you enter, with daily dhoop-deep to Kali reciting the same mantra. Its sudha shakti frees the pitr from however great a Bandhan; a genuine stone finishes the work in one go, though whether the freed pitr then become active for you is, he says, a separate matter.
Why is distance from objects of enjoyment prescribed during sadhana?
It is for this reason, the speaker says, that it has been said that during the time of sadhana one should keep distance from the objects of upabhog and bhog. He gives the phone as the example: you may be listening to good things all day, and you may have been doing the Panchakshari sitting here, but a video on the mahima of mantras begins, some tantric baba appears and says that if you do the mantra of Tripur Bhairavi such a thing will happen, or if you do the mantra of Bhagavati Kali such a thing will happen.
Comparing the Panchakshari against the Kali mantra, because Shiva lies beneath her feet, leaves the sadhak hanging like Trishanku.
A doubt begins in the middle, the speaker says: what is the mahima of the Panchakshari? Kali ji mantra must be more powerful than the Panchakshari, because Shiva ji, whose mantra it is, lies beneath Kali ji feet — so who turned out to be more capable? Kali ji. Hearing someone talk, you drift away from the main sadhana you are doing, your buddhi is pulled from it, and even if you continue you now think: let the Panchakshari five lakh be finished quickly so we can do Kali ji, because there is no power in the Panchakshari at all.
Is fasting with one Kali Chalisa path enough on Amavasya, and what lamp is lit under the peepal?
Asked whether fasting for Ma Kali on Amavasya and doing one path of the Kali Chalisa will be all right and whether Ma will be pleased, he answers: she certainly will. Along with it, do not do only the Kali Chalisa but also do the path of her stotra and satnam, and do the path of the 108 names. Asked whether, on every Amavasya, one should light a lamp of flour or of clay under the peepal tree for the pitrs, he answers that a flour lamp will be very good — light a lamp of grain and it will be good.
Who may offer the madhu khappar in a silver vessel?
As for the madhu khappar in the silver vessel, absolutely everyone can offer it, he says — woman, man, child, elderly, everyone can offer it, having become pure. Offer it in a state of purity. There is no difficulty.
Should the shrine be closed for the four days?
Those in whose house the tradition of closing the worship place already runs — where an awakened Peeth is kept, or Kamakhya or Kali is the Kuldevi and the doors close for four days as in the temples — should follow their own rule. New people should not adopt this rule; they should only cover in red cloth from the 22nd.
Which Mahavidya resides at Kamakhya?
The speaker says the Devi Purana Mahabhagavata describes Bhagavati Kalika, the principal of the ten Mahavidyass, as the one seated at Kamakhya in the Kamakhya form. Other tantra texts, he says, describe her as the combined form of Kali and Tara, and somewhere the description is of Ma Shodashi. His conclusion is that whichever of the ten Mahavidyas, or whichever form of the Devi, a person worships at home, they should hold the Ambubachi observance for that image in their house.
Ugra forms of the Devi are not worshipped inside a home
Asked about doing Devi sadhana, the speaker says by all means do it, in any form — but first check whether that form can be worshipped at home. The forms held to be ugra and seated in the shamshan, whose very dhyana mantra names the cremation ground as their peeth (Shamshan Kali and the like), cannot be worshipped directly in a house. Choose the svaroop well, then begin with archan by the ashtottara shatanamavali, since Bhagavati loves archan.
Lemon garland offering to remove a dosh incurred with a deity
The speaker says the first thing to do after such a dosh is to go to the deity's temple on that deity's special Tithi — for Kali or any of her forms, Amavasya — and make a garland of 108 lemons. Each lemon is tilaked first with Ashtagandha and then with red Sindoor while the verse "Ya Devi Sarvabhuteshu Kshama-Rupena Samsthita, Namastasyai Namastasyai Namastasyai Namo Namah" is recited once per lemon. The sadhak then takes the Sankalpa himself, asking the deity to be pleased and remove the dosh, and puts the garland on the deity or has the pujari do it. If a lemon garland cannot be offered, a garland of 108 red flowers is used with the same mantra.
Ghee lamps and Yogini offerings after the garland, counted by deity
After the garland is put on, the speaker says at least 13 ghee lamps are lit there, with one red flower and some sweet on a betel leaf in front of each, and the deity's Yoginis are prayed to for removal of the dosh — 13 yoginis for Kali. The number of offering places changes with the deity: 9 for Durga, 12 for Shiva, 4 for Ganesha, 11 for Hanuman, 8 for Baglamukhi, 9 for the Matangi form, 8 for Bhairava. If one does not want to go by the count, at least 11 offerings and 11 lamps are lit in the temple that day.
Worshipping the afflicted deity's own ishta to restore stopped experiences
The speaker says that if the offence was against a deity like Hanuman or Bhairava and the experiences from a paath have stopped, one prays to that deity's own Ishta Devata — the one he reveres and whose word he heeds. For Hanuman that means praising Shri Ram and asking him to free one from the dosh (Shri Ram Stuti, Ram Raksha Stotra, his 108 names) and serving Sitaram ji and Bhagwati Anjana; for Ganesha, also worshipping Bhagwati Parvati; for Bhairav ji, certainly worshipping Bhagwati Kali with the "Kshama-Rupena Samsthita" verse, through whom the offence is forgiven and the experiences begin again. He calls this the general vidhan by which special Kripa returns — done secretly, never shown.
Kartikeya alone did not flee; the two Shaktis cut apart every Deva's weapon and all ran back to Shiva
All the Devas fled; only the valorous Kartikeya did not, and stood firm before Ganesh, holding the rest back. The two Shaktis meanwhile made every one of them fail, cutting apart the weapons of all the Devas.
Daily temple nirmalya hung above the chaukhat against abhichaar
Along with the Shiva water, the speaker says, bring every day the nirmalya from that same temple or from any very old temple — especially of Bhairav ji, Hanuman ji, Bhagavati Kali, Durga ji, or a temple connected with the Yoginis. It should be the morning's first nirmalya: what is left after the night's shringar and found there in the morning. Hang it on the upper side of the main-door chaukhat every day; next morning bring fresh nirmalya, immerse the old one and put up the new. Continue this for at least 108 days, six months, a year — more than half the tantra running over the house, he says, stops by this alone.
Why do people trust spirits more than deities?
The speaker reports the line he has heard repeatedly — that this is Muslim Tantra so Hanuman will not work, Kali Mai will, and a black cockerel must be offered, and not at a temple but at the practitioner's own place, where a Dakini is what is actually seated.
A Pishachik power that poses as a goddess first grants enjoyment for years, and only then starts taking.
While it is giving houses, cars and pleasure, the man cannot accept it is a Preta — otherwise how would its name spread as this or that goddess. It grants enjoyment for five, ten or twenty years; the day it is satisfied and comes to its real standing, it begins to take, and then people ask how this could happen.
What are the powers that take a Goddess's name and form?
Practitioners accomplished in a deity's mantras who came to a bad end through wrong conduct or wrong sadhana take that deity's element and form — but cannot obtain the original quality, so they remain suspended midway and become Pishachik powers bearing the name of Kali or another goddess.
Is the story of Gorakhnath swallowing Kali true?
The account is fine as an account — but the Kali in it is not the original Bhagavati Kali. It was a power that had taken Kali's element, been established on a Mundasana by a Tantric, grown formidable over centuries of Bali and worship, and then became disruptive.
The three Mahavidyas of the garbhagriha are counted as one pitha, Tara as the second and Kali as the third
After the darshan of Bhagavati Tara comes the pitha of Bhagavati Kali, and this is the third pitha. First, second and third — if ten pithas are reckoned, then three pithas were in Bhagavati's chief garbhagriha, present right there, but we are treating them as one pitha only. In that way there will be ten pithas. After that, the second pitha was Bhagavati Tara's and the third is Bhagavati Kali's.
Open choices in the home tantra kaat vidhan: bhog, path, women, and aarti days
The speaker says the question was how to do it at home, and he is deliberately not asking you to go to the temple, since one cannot do much for long in a temple. Within the home vidhan several things are open: offer any sweet Bhog you like and feed it to everyone; choose the path according to the deity of the peeth — for Hanuman ji, the Bajrang Baan; women may do it without fear, and the four or five days they miss are covered by someone else, after which they resume. Everyone gives 15 to 30 minutes morning and evening and does Aarti together with kapur and laung; if daily aarti is not possible, fix one day — Tuesday for Hanuman ji, Friday or Monday for Durga ji, Monday for Shiv ji, and Saturday evening for Kali ji.
What should be done when japa of Kali's mantras gives no experience?
A listener says he does japa of Ma Kali's mantras but no experience is happening. Do not get caught in experience, he answers by name; if you make an examination of experience you will be in difficulty. Why get caught in experience — life was not given for experience. No experience is happening: then do japa for those for whom you are doing japa. She is not giving experience, she is doing very well. Those who get caught in experiences stay right there. Then, if experience does not happen you will weep that it is not happening, and if it happens you will say it has now happened, do such and such. This is why, he says, do not get caught in experiences.
How many lakh japa perfects the mantra of Ma Kali?
Asked how many lakh japa of Kali Mata's mantra perfect it, he answers by name: it is according to the mantra of which you have received diksha in the guru's nearness, having become initiated. Look, from the Ekakshari vidhi onward there are mantras up to the twenty-two-akshari and the Sahasrakshari. So, let us take it that the mantra of Dakshina Kalika is of twenty-two aksharas.
What are the japa counts by the length of the mantra?
And whichever mantra of Kali ji you have taken, he says, according to that you should do at least four times more japa. If you have taken the Ekakshari, then four lakh. If a mahapurashcharan is to be done, then four times the four, that is, sixteen lakh is said; twelve to sixteen lakh is held. So think in that proportion. If you have taken the Panchmukhi mantra — that is, if you have taken the Panchakshari mantra of Bhagavati Kali — then do three hundred times; at the least fifteen lakh, and if you go to the maximum, then reckon it as five lakh each done four times, take twenty-one lakh. At present, he says, your guru will tell you properly which one you have taken and how it was given.
What may someone do who wishes to take up Kali sadhana?
To a listener who wishes to do Kali sadhana he says that if he does it having become initiated from a qualified sadhak it will be much better. The initial sadhanas — the singing of her stotra and stuti for the pleasure of Bhagavati — all this you may do.
Which should a new sadhak give more importance — Kali Chalisa or Jagan Mangal Kali kavach?
Asked, for the seva of Ma Kali, which of the Chalisa siddhi and the Jagan Mangal Kali kavach should be given more importance, he answers: if you are a new sadhak, then first do the Kali Chalisa. After that, do the Jagan Mangal.
What is the tantric importance of the red gudhal flower?
Asked about the tantric importance and secret of the red gudhal flower in Ganesh puja and in the puja of Kali Ma, he calls it a very good question and says only this much: that if a hundred flowers of Shami are offered, and if one red kaner or one red gudhal flower is offered, then the same fruit is obtained — on offering these two one upon the other.
Can the yogini puja of Kali be done inside a temple?
The speaker says the same vidhan would have to be done in the temple, with Bhagavati's vigraha standing in place of the Shri Vigraha. But tantrokta vidhan cannot be performed publicly in a temple. In a temple only the japa of the mantra can happen, and that only after kindling a lamp — a karma sakshi lamp, Bhagavati's lamp. The full vidhan will always be done in solitude.
How does the trikon yatra at Vindhyachal begin?
After the bath at Ganga ji you will begin the yatra of the trikon, the speaker says. First of all, having bathed from Ganga ji and completed everything there, you will take the sankalp. After taking the sankalp you will do the darshan of Bhagavati Vindhyavasini and do the pujan there. And along with Vindhyavasini Mai, at the chief temple there, you will do the darshan of Bhagavati Kali and Bhagavati Mahasaraswati seated there; you will do the darshan of all in the temple precinct. One laghu trikon was completed there.
Where does the trikon parikrama end?
From the Pratyangira chauraha go straight on and reach Hanuman ji nearby, Bandhwa Veer. Having done the darshan and pujan of Bandhwa Veer Hanuman ji, go out to Kali Khoh; from Kali Khoh to Ashtabhuja, from Ashtabhuja to Tarapith, and from Tarapith back to the temple of Vindhyavasini Mai. Whatever devi devatas you meet on the way, go on kindling camphor at the place of them all.
Can Ma Kali's beej mantra be tattooed on the hand?
A listener asks whether Ma Kali's beej mantra may be tattooed on the hand, noting that a film star has had such a tattoo made. The speaker says he is in favour of having a symbol made — one should certainly have the symbol of one's aradhya made: have the Sudarshan chakra made, have the Kaumodaki gada made, have Kali ji's khadag made. About a beejakshar he becomes nineteen-twenty, because it is not known what the niti and niyam of your life are, whether favourable or unfavourable; in that he will not say yes. A pratik chinh you may certainly have made. Mantras and shlokas, in his view, are better written by those who are extremely dedicated to their aradhya and who never come into doubt about their aradhya — if in some form we were to sense that our aradhya was asking for our head, cutting our throat, and we would not take a moment in giving it, then have that mantra written. For the rest, your own viveka and intelligence: have beautiful symbols made, and go into writing mantras only if the surrender, the dedication, is of that level.
How is a masani shakti in the house or body quieted?
Asked how a masani shakti on the house or the body is to be quieted, the speaker says there are many, many prayogas for quieting it, and that it depends on which shakti it is and then according to that. On a listener writing "vaivat" or "bhavat tamasik shaktiyan", he says there is probably a jumbling of the word: what has been written as vaivat is what we in masan call bamath. To quiet it, the help of the yoginis of Bhagavati Kali and Bhagavati Durga is taken in particular.
When should a beej mantra be begun, and can it be a guru mantra?
Asked what a mantra ki palat is, the speaker says the question is, in his view, incomplete. Asked when the japa of a beej mantra should be started and whether it may be used as a guru mantra, he says yes, it may — begin it from the day of Guru Purnima. To a listener who wishes to be fully joined with Maa Kali and to receive her darshan in a dream, he says that giving darshan depends upon her; but if you wish to do her seva puja, begin the singing of her stotras and stutis and her arti at an auspicious time.
Can Kali be worshipped in image form without a guru?
Yes, no sin attaches. Perform the image worship with the proper procedure, staying ordinary — do not go into specialised Bali and the like — and let the image be a subtle, peaceful one. Do not worship a fierce form.
Does a person who commissions Abhichar also worship deities?
Yes, and it comes first. Before performing Abhichar, a practitioner strengthens his own Ishta — and the guru teaching a lesser Vidya will himself have obtained the grace of Shiva or Mahakali in a Tantrokta form, with some particular Yogini or Gana accomplished.
What do recurring dreams of small children indicate?
Where they recur, perform the Bhagavati Kali procedure the speaker has given — the worship performed at a Kali temple — and afterwards do the Nikari of the house and bind it. If you cannot do it yourself, have it done by someone.
May the Kalika Yogini sadhana be performed on a photograph?
No — do not do it on a photograph, because it is a long sadhana whose effect lasts a lifetime. If the photograph deteriorates, the whole sadhana is affected. Keep even a very small Shri Vigraha, but keep a Vigraha.
What happens when masan vidya is used against someone?
The speaker says listeners will be astonished. When masan vidya is used on somebody — kache kalve, masan, that kind of thing — then there we use Hanuman ji, we use Bhairav ji, we do prayogas connected with Kali ji and with Bhagavati. But no person ever says there that you should do a prayoga connected with Bhagavan Shri Ganesh. It is a very great subject.
Where does Ganpati take their grievance?
He at once takes it to his mother. In tantra it has been shown that Bhagavati Kali wears small children in her ears in the form of kundals. Whether it be Shamshan Kali or Ugra Kali, we think it is a fierce form and do not realise that she is wearing them there, that she is hearing that voice — but the medium that conveys it is Ganpati.
Is sandhya necessary daily, and does the Kali Sahasranama have a trik effect?
Asked whether sandhya must be done daily and whether another sadhana will be perfected without sandhya, he answers that in a fully Vedic-tantrokta way it is not needed. Asked whether reciting the Shri Kali Sahasranama produces any trik effect, he answers no, no, no — no trik effect is produced by the recitation of a sahasranama; there is no such thing.
In Bengal a Kali murti of six or seven feet is set up outside the house in a pandal at every Amavasya
Go into the region of Bengal, he says, and there are a great many such people who at every Amavasya keep a murti of Bhagavati Kali of at least six or seven feet outside the house — not inside the house, outside the house, putting up a pandal and so on — and pujan is done, and the next day there is visarjan, or after two or three days their visarjan happens. But they do it at every Amavasya. They give importance to every Amavasya: Kali Amavasya, every Amavasya has its importance for them, that yes, this night too is our Amavasya, so they will certainly do pujan.
What should be done when Kali stops appearing in dreams?
Told by Anju Kumari ji that Maa Kali used to appear in dreams but is not appearing now, he answers that she will begin to appear again: do japa of the first mantra of the Argala according to your capacity, every day in the night time, and along with it begin reciting the Tantrokta Ratri Suktam.
Can a mantra received in a dream be used, and what sadhana is for marriage?
Told that Kali or a Shivling keeps appearing in dreams, and that Kali Mata appears protecting the questioner, he says it is a good thing, brother. Asked whether the mantra obtained in a dream may be japa'd, he tells Ayush Pandey ji that there is a video related to this on the channel — how a mantra obtained in a dream is to be tested, how it is to be known and what is to be done. Search for "swapna mein mila hua mantra grihastha tantra" and you will find it. Asked what sadhana should be done for marriage, he answers: the utmost japa of the last mantra of the Argala — patni manoramam dehi. Asked whether a dosha attaches if japa can only be done at nine in the morning, he tells Pandit Garg ji to try to do it in the morning: doing it at nine or ten o'clock, your effect will go on being somewhat lost, so either do it early in the morning or else do it in the evening time.
For protection from a distance, Mahabhairav and Vamati Kali are each excellent in their own place — stop comparing
Asked whether, for protection from a distance, Vamati Kali is more suitable than Mahabhairav, the speaker says it depends on what kind of puja and seva you do. Both are excellent in their own place; there is no question of suitable or unsuitable here. Stop comparing, he says — do not keep comparing who is proper and who is not. The question is: to whom are you able to surrender.
What can an ekakshari mantra do if it is taken properly?
He gives the example of an ekakshari mantra — Bhagavati Kali's Chintamani, the Kali pranava, the Devi pranava, or any deity's ekakshari pranava mantra such as Bhagavati Pitambara Baglamukhi's. If only that is taken in a proper kramagat Shakta diksha, and after it four lakh is done — one lakh gives one prasaran, but four lakh is held to be the mool prasaran, at minimum a fourfold — and it is done traditionally, then by the effect of that one ekakshari mantra a great many works and prayogas can be performed, and the prayoga of several mantras can be accomplished from it.
How are the different forms of Bhagavati related to one another?
They are all one, he says; they are not separate. Maa Parvati is the one who is in the mool form: she herself becomes Kali, she herself becomes Bhagavati Tara. According to the time she assumes that very form. She herself becomes Bhagavati Chhinnamastika, along with Jaya and Vijaya, where Jaya and Vijaya become Dakini and Shakini — there she becomes Bhagavati Chhinnamastika.
What should be done during Kharmas, when no new sadhana may be begun?
A new sadhana cannot be begun, but for those sadhanas you have already performed before, he says, you should certainly do sadhana in this divine time in order to make them pushta. He gives the example of all those who have done the Kalika Yogini sadhana — some two times over, some three — and answers a question about starting from the sixteenth, when Kharmas begins: there is no difficulty, because that sadhana has already been done, so it may be started again from the Ashtami tithi and repeated again and again.
How is the name Kalika misused in abhichar karma?
In the same way, in abhichar karma and especially in shamshani work, he has told before how many people are misled under the name of Kalika. Some sadhaks and sadhikas of his own became confused and said that since he has given the Kalika Yogini sadhana, and since he had said that such Digambar-side sadhaks set shamshan shaktis running in the form of Kalika, is this the same thing? He answers: brother, it is a sadhana of Bhagavati. But when, by the mantras of Bhagavati, some shakini or the soul of some pregnant woman who has died is made siddh, then that too is given the form of Kalika, because that tattva entered her — she was energised by that mantra's energy and attained a form of that kind.
What is actually seated where Kali is worshipped in abhichar?
Now, whether in the negative or in the positive — ninety-nine per cent of people raise it up only to run it in the negative, he says. Then, when they set it running, they will give it the name of Kali ji. The puja of Kali ji is indeed being done, but where is Kali ji there? It is a churail sitting there and taking it, if it is spoken plainly. They gave it the name of Kalika. And in exactly the same manner this Bhavani business runs: they said Bhavani, and now to the dead one itself they said Bhavani — Mare hi Bhavani. What is Mare hi, brother? Find that out. Since when did she become Mare Bhavani?
What bhog should be offered when Kali ji and Bhairav ji are worshipped together?
You can offer any sweet thing at all as bhog, he answers Keshav Mishra ji — what is there that they will not accept in bhog? Offer sweet bhog to Kali ji and Bhairav ji. If you do puja at home, then on Saturday you can make urad bade and offer dahi bada as bhog to Bhairav ji, and to Bhagavati you can give a bhog of anything sweet such as laddu. Daily, raisins, cashew or whatever you are able — patase — and daily laung and elaichi should certainly be offered.
Was the killing of Shumbh and Nishumbh connected with Ma Kali?
To Shreyas ji he answers that it was actually connected with Bhagavati Kaushiki. The killing of Chanda and Munda is what is connected with Kali ji, he says; where are you all getting stuck.
How does Ma Kali speak?
To Neha Rajput ji he says he is left without an answer — such questions come that even he is silenced. One thing he must tell everyone: whoever gets darshan of any swaroop of Jagdamba, or on whomever she shows grace, however much he lives in a worldly way and whatever he does, he can never make a noise of it. Keep that in mind. Nobody will ever say that it happens in such a manner. The yoginis' can be told, and not even the maha yoginis' — the ordinary ones can be; but particularly nobody will tell. That state simply will not come about, that a man should speak of it.
What should you do if Kali Mata appears in a dream?
To a listener who says Kali Mata was seen one day in a dream, he says it is very good; but if Bhagavati is giving darshan, then — and he says this again and again — even though you have written a wrong name here, do not tell of it publicly. When any shakti gives darshan there is a separate video on this too, which will be put up soon; everything is prepared, only the uploading remains. What should be done when a devata gives darshan, when a mantra is received — that has already been put up. What should be done when the future begins to be known in dreams, when you find yourself going somewhere and what its meaning is, what should be done when you are going again and again to a siddh peeth.
How does one please Bhagavati Kali?
Do the daily seva of Jagdamba, he says, to please Bhagavati Kali. If you can do archan, then do it — do it with rice, colouring the rice with red roli, and offer to Bhagavati with the hundred and eight names. Otherwise do as much japa as you can, according to your capacity, of the first mantra of the Argala, Om Jayanti Mangala Kali. If you have no other mantra, Neha ji, then surrender yourself to Jagdamba and do only that much.
How should a murti of Ma Kali and Durga be established?
Asked how a pratima of Ma Kali and Durga should be established, he says it is an achal murti; then it would only be possible to show it when an establishment is happening somewhere, and the video is recorded at the time of doing it and put up. To another listener who says he is going to establish a pratima of Ma Durga Kali so that the Mata may reside awakened in it, he says: you will do it yourself. If it is to be done by vidhi-vidhan, then everything will have to be kept in place and done — you will not be able to do the whole vidhi-vidhan alone.
Why is Ma Kali's form with her foot on Shiva worshipped if it is not in the Saptashati?
Asked why the swaroop of Ma Kali with her foot placed upon Shiva ji is worshipped when it is not in the Saptashati, he says that this is going towards a different subject.
What should be done when a relative repeatedly performs abhichaar on the family?
A listener who worships Mata Kali and Bhagavan Shiva says an uncle who has learnt vidya repeatedly performs abhichaar — not on him, but his father keeps falling ill. The speaker answers: first, in Gupt Navratri try to complete at least 1100 japa of Bhagavati Kali's kavach, and write her beejaksharas on bhojpatra as a yantra, made by a learned person or by yourself in a pure state on the very first day, in a good choghadiya, in Amrit kaal, with the praan pratishtha vidhi if you know it.
How is the Kali kavach awakened with havan and satvik bali?
Then, the speaker says, perform a havan with the mantras of Bhagavati Kali and Bhagavan Sadashiv, offer bali and bhent — a satvik bali, whether of lemon or of coconut — and doing all that, awaken the kavach completely, and then have the father wear it. He adds that the bandhan of the house and so forth should also be done.
The vidhi of a named masan sadhana is flatly refused on the channel
A listener who calls himself a devotee of Ma Kali, and says seven ganas of the Mata have been pleased with him, asks about a named masan sadhana he wants to do in the coming navratra. The speaker asks why, if the ganas and sevaks of Bhagavati Kali have been pleased with him, he wants that siddhi at all — and says plainly that he gives no information of this kind here, does not even take the name, and that the listener may do as he pleases.
What lemon bali accompanies the Tantrokta Devi Suktam path?
Only one path is to be done, the speaker says, but a very strong path will give effect. And when you do this path — as in the Kalika yogini sadhana a bali of nine lemons, of five lemons, had been offered, with laung and kapoor burnt on top of the lemon — in this sadhana you will have to offer a bali of nine lemons daily, cutting the nine lemons into two pieces each and burning laung and kapoor placed on them. A very strong blow will fall on whoever is trying to entrap you.
How does a practitioner in the state of Shunyata complete a dualistic worship?
The speaker points to the whole dialogue of Totapuri and Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, available online, and says it will make the matter clear. What follows Shunyata differs from person to person — for one who has become Advaitavadi, the one who is in many forms is known to be established in one.
The Kali Chalisa is not to be dismissed for having been written recently
He calls it a very good question and says that through Makhan ji he wants to give this message to all: those who are doing nothing at all should take up something related to their ishta or to Bhagavati. If you have love for Kali ji, take the Kali Chalisa — do not look at it in the way of saying that the Kali Chalisa has been written only recently, so what effect will it have. Leave that aside.
Kali told a listener in a dream to offer bilvapatra with chandan tilak and rice — is a tantric misleading him?
Arjun ji writes that in a dream Kali told him that if he does a chandan tilak on three bilvapatra leaves and offers rice, he will get freedom from the chowki of Kali, and asks whether some tantric is confusing him. He answers that if he is speaking of abhichar — that a chowki of Kali has been set going — then there is a separate video on the channel about what that is; watch it and it will be understood.
Bhagavati is satisfied by bilvapatra, and even an ugra thing is pacified by it
The second matter, the thing said about offering bilvapatra — in this he sees no negative subject of any kind. The reason is that Bhagavati is satisfied and pleased by bilvapatra, and if the thing were negative, or if some ugra thing truly had occurred in that way, then that too would be pacified. So you may do this thing in the name of Bhagavati.
The bhav that used to come in Devi puja now comes in Krishna's form — what is the reason?
Parth Vyom ji, he answers, there is no special reason; if Bhagavati wishes that you be drawn towards her Krishna swaroop, then so be it. He refers to the earlier live sessions — perhaps in the last live itself it was told that Krishna alone is Kali and Kali alone is Krishna, according to the Devi Bhagavat, on its own authority. So if you go into that swaroop as well there is no difficulty; comfortably let the attraction towards that swaroop happen, and surrender yourself to them.
Can all the swaroops of Kali, and the Kali kula devis, be worshipped on the Kali yantra?
Asked whether the sadhana and puja of all the swaroops of Maa Kali can be done on the yantra of Bhagavati Kali, and whether the pujan of all the devis of the Kali kula besides her can also happen there, he says: when we go along taking any one shakti, then certainly, related to Bhagavati Kali, you may do the pujan of her sixteen Nityas there, in the ang vidya.
One sadhak doing archan-tarpan of the Kali yantra had darshan of the saumya form at the Ajna chakra
There is one more sadhak, Vikas ji, he says, who reported that he was doing archan and tarpan of the yantra of Bhagavati Kali — he has been a good sadhak for a fairly long time and does sadhana over long periods — and said that all at once, as soon as he completed the tarpan, he had darshan of the saumya form of Bhagavati at the Ajna chakra for some moments. It was very saumya indeed, and from it he obtained peace.
At what time on Amavasya should the puja of Maa Kali be done for a son?
Asked whether the puja of Maa Bhagavati Kali for the sake of a son should be done on the day of Amavasya in the morning or the evening, he says: do it in the morning time only, around eight or nine o'clock, Anil Upadhyay ji. The morning time will be the proper one, because afterwards there is no need for them to look at muhurta and the like in this.
How is the archan with Kali ji's 108 names done?
Asked whether archan with flowers may be done along with Kali ji's 108 names, the speaker says it may absolutely be done. If there are 108 names then 108 flowers are needed for the archan; you may also do it with petals, mixed with kumkum and the like.
May the Kali kavach be read at home?
Asked whether path of the Kali kavach may be done at home, the speaker says: absolutely, do it. But the subject of siddhi and the rest will depend on which Kali kavach you are doing.
How should a mistake in sadhana be corrected?
The speaker says the Aparajita kavach will be available at the time of Diwali, and that the archan of Kali ji on every Amavasya may absolutely be done as he has already told. Asked what should be done to correct mistakes, he says: the mistake has happened, it is not to be repeated — do prayashchitta and move on.
Are flowers offered to Ma Kali in the evening?
A listener says a pandit ji told them that flowers are not offered to Ma Kali in the evening. The speaker answers that at his own place there are four shringar pujas — they do the Mother's full shringar in the evening as well, and then again at night. At his place it does happen; he has been seeing it since childhood and always sees it, and beyond that he does not know.
What should be worn at the neck and the arms?
Coming to the neck, there should certainly be a mala at the neck, and a kavach relating to one's aradhya always there — as, if you are doing the seva puja of Bhagwati, of Kali ji, then one of the kavachs relating to Bhagwati Ma Kalika should certainly be at your neck, and most excellent if it is in silver or gold; and along with it a rudraksha mala related to her. Then the bahu-bandh of both arms: you may wear it on both, and at least on the right there should certainly be one. Rudraksha at the manibandh, and rudraksha with the kalava and raksha sutra on the right hand, at least at the time of sadhana.
Why is Guhya Kali gupt?
Asked why Guhya Kali is gupt, the speaker answers that the name itself is guhya. Eighteen kinds of Kali have been held; the sevikas of Kali have chiefly been held so.
Can Dakshina Kali be served alongside Sadashiva?
Asked whether the grace of Dakshina Kali can be obtained along with the service of Sadashiva, or whether her service should be done together with Bhairav, the speaker says that Dakshina Kali is Sadashiva-Bhairav-sahita. So for one thing, Sadashiva himself is with her in the form of Bhairav; hence you may perform the seva of Dakshina Kali along with him. If you go into tantra, then the seva of Batuk Bhairav becomes compulsory, and the seva of Kaal Bhairav becomes compulsory too. In Adya Kali, in Dakshina Kali, Sadashiva alone abides.
How is the Kali kalash to be established, and can the Durga 32 names be a mala anushthan?
To Aniket ji he says the vidhi of the sthapana has been told, and for a householder it will remain one and the same for everyone. Asked whether a mala anushthan of the Durga 32 names may be done, he says it is very good, it may absolutely be done.
Where is a kushmand bali offered, and where is it given?
A bali of kushmand is also done, the speaker says, and not only in Ganesh puja and Kameshwari pujan but in the pujan of Bhagavati Kali too, and in the pujan of Vishwakarma as well, the bali of sugarcane and the like has importance. The bali is given in the mandap itself; very often no separate bali vedi is constructed for the bali of sugarcane.
What is the right method of Kali puja so that no tona-totka has effect?
Asked what the correct vidhi of Maa Kali's puja is such that no tona-totka has effect on one, the speaker says: recite Bhagavati's panch — the Sahasranama, the panchang sevan, the Kavach and the Sahasranama. Perform havan every Amavasya, Amavasya after Amavasya. After three to six months no tantra-mantra will have any effect.
How is Kali Mata's sawari to be opened, and a kiya-karaya in the house set right?
Hari Priya Mehta ji, you should take the help of some knowledgeable person, the speaker says. Without help, how will you be able to work at this if things of the kind you describe are so? Because even if the sawari does open, in how much vega it will come you will not be able to control, if it has been made bound. Take somebody's help.
What bhog is given to Lakshmi Kali Mata?
If you are asking about the bhog, then for one thing there is makhana, which you may give, the speaker says; the second is kaju-kishmish. At the least, if you are doing Kali ji's puja, then two cloves and one cardamom for her — all these things should be there. If it is Bhagavati Chandika, then madhu for her.
Is there a different Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh in each kalpa?
There is one more thing to understand, in two ways, he says: according to the kalpa. When one kalpa passes and a second kalpa comes — as now the Shwet Varah kalpa is running, and in the same way the Shwet Lohit kalpa is running — then every kalpa has its own separate Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh, and its own separate deities. In this very connection you will read somewhere that Bhagavati who is Kali is herself the one who took the form of Krishna; somewhere the description comes that Bhagavati Kali alone took the form of Ram ji. So the difference is according to the kalpa.
What should be done if the vigraha of Mata Kali has been burnt?
The vigraha will have burnt through your own carelessness, he says. First of all, do the abhishek of the Mata for at least nine days continuously — with panchgavya, with panchamrit and with pure Gangajal, daily, for nine days without a break, beginning today or from tomorrow. Do 108 japa daily for nine days of the whole mantra "या देवी सर्वभूतेषु क्षमा रूपेण संस्थिता ... नमस्तस्यै". Along with it let there certainly be jeev seva — feed a cow, a crow, a dog, whoever; let it go into their stomach before it goes into your own — and keep again and again the bhav of asking pardon: O Bhagavati, forgive the offence committed knowingly or unknowingly. On the last day do annadaan according to your strength.
Can Shamshan Kali be worshipped at home?
No, he says — do not do it. If Shamshan Kali is your kuldevi, then in the symbolic manner do the puja of Adyakali herself; and otherwise, if the vidhi-vidhan of your house has been running from before, then do that. Do not begin a new puja. Do the Mata's puja in the form of Kali ji; do her puja in the symbolic form.
In Krishna's stuti Kali is named Shamshan Vasini, grih devi and gram devi alike
Bhagavati Kali herself says this, he notes. When Kali ji appeared before Bhagwan Shri Krishna, in the stuti he made at that time he said: you alone are the Shamshan Vasini Kali; in house after house you are also in the form of the grih devi; in village after village you are also in the form of the gram devi. So let her who is Shamshan Kali be worshipped in the house in the saumya form.
In which text is it told how Sita is an avatar of Kali?
There are a great many Ramayanas, he says; within them there is one Ramayana in which this katha is found. He had also put out a video at that time, or perhaps told it in a live — he does not remember; but at one time he had told this thing. He will look and once again tell it in detail: in what manner Sita ji is an avatar of Kali ji, and where its description is.
Why did Bhagavati have to take the form of Kali?
On account of the Ravan who had a thousand mouths, Bhagavati had to take the avatar of Kali, the svarup of Kali. Nowadays it is even being shown in TV serials.
What does a dream of an old woman writing "Kali" in her own blood mean?
You are seeing a very dangerous dream, he tells her. Go to a temple and give the puja of Kali ji. There will be some mannat that has not been fulfilled, and so her yogini has come and is showing "Kali" written directly in her own blood — consider how devoted a yogini she is. Go and give the puja of Kali ji.
Can Ma Kali not grant moksha?
If Ma Kali cannot grant moksha, he answers, then not one of the ten Mahavidyas can grant moksha. Some greatly learned person, he remarks, has given the questioner knowledge of this kind — and what is he to say.
May an offering for Chamunda be made at a Kali temple instead?
Asked, by a listener whose kuldevi is Chamunda, which Bhairav would be his, and whether the offering may be given at a Kali temple in Chamunda's name in place of the Badi Durga temple — it can be given, he says. It can be given.
Can a garland of lemons be offered to Kali, and why is Panchmukhi Hanuman withheld?
A garland of lemons may absolutely be offered to Kali ji, he says. As for the complete vidhan of the mantra and kavach of Panchmukhi Hanuman: Ram Raksha he has already given; Panchmukhi Hanuman will have to be given. But before giving tantrokta things one has to think a little — what is to be told in common such that everyone will be able to do it? Because not everyone will observe it.
Who are the Bhairavs of Kali, Amriteshwari and Baglamukhi?
Besides that, of Kali ji we know that Mahakal is her Bhairav, and when we offer pushpanjali and the rest we also pronounce mantras such as "Mahakal Bhairav sahit". Of Bhagavati Amriteshwari, or Bhagavati Baglamukhi — who is also called Bhagavati Sumukhi — the Bhairav is Mahamrityunjay Amriteshwar Mahadev, which is what he was speaking of for the dashansh tarpan, marjan and japa.
What do pandits in Bihar say about keeping a shivling or Kali murti at home?
He reports that a listener, Ravikant Rai ji of Sasaram in Bihar, told him on the phone that the pandit jis of their region say a shivling and a Narmada Shaligram shila must not be kept in the house and a Kali ji murti must not be kept. They say that whoever has a shivling in the house will certainly face trouble. He says this situation is still running in the regions of Bihar and that pandit jis are still speaking this way, and he rejects it.
What should someone bound by a family custom not to visit for a year do?
He tells the questioner that according to the parampara of his house, if one is not to go for a full year, then do not go for a full year. For now, do the paath of the Srimad Bhagavad Gita and do the paath of the Shiv Gita.
May clove and cardamom be offered to Ma Kali?
Asked whether clove and cardamom have been offered to Ma Kali or not, he says: absolutely, offer them. Asked whether it was right to make an ahuti of 108 cloves when a havan could not be done at the time of Ambubachi, he says yes, that can be done.
Kashmir leaned philosophical, Bengal's Kalikula ritual, and South India's Srividya holds both
Kashmir Shaiva Tantra emphasized philosophical inquiry; Bengal's Kalikula system, centered on Goddess Kali, leans toward practical ritual application; and South India's Srividya tradition maintains a balance between intricate sadhana and philosophical understanding.
The slower, world-compatible path built for householders, and the branch through which Shakti worship rose
The Mantramarga ("path of mantras") was a slower but more world-compatible tantric path aimed primarily at householders rather than ascetics, centered on mantra siddhi to attain both bhoga and moksha, and it was through this branch that worship of the Shaktis — including Kali and Tripurasundari — became prominent.
Pratyabhijna, Kula, Krama and Spanda — the last of them giving rise to the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra
Trika Saivism contained further sub-paths — Pratyabhijna (spontaneous recognition of one's oneness with Shiva), Kula marga (realizing Shiva at every level of reality), Krama marga (a graded progression of sadhana centered on worship of twelve Kalis), and the path of Spanda, which held that vibration/pulsation itself drives all advancement and gave rise to texts like the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra.
The North's institutions fell away; Kalikula and Srividya carried tantra on in Bengal, Assam, Odisha and the South
The advanced tantric systems and institutions of North India suffered a sharp decline after the political and social upheavals of Islamic conquest, but Shakti-based tantra continued to flourish and grow in Eastern India (Bengal, Assam, Odisha) and South India, through traditions like the Kalikula (Kali) and Srividya (Tripurasundari) systems.
Never without a qualified guru and proper diksha — fast and profound when prepared for, dangerous when not
The author repeatedly insists Vamacara must never be practiced without a fully qualified guru and proper diksha, describing it as extremely dangerous if attempted alone or from mere theoretical knowledge, though fast and profound in results for those properly prepared.
What does Kali standing on Shiva, and Tripurasundari's throne, symbolize about Shakti?
Kali's stance on the inert body of Shiva symbolizes Shakti as the active principle animating passive consciousness; Tripurasundari seated on a throne supported by Brahma, Vishnu, and Rudra illustrates her sovereignty over the fundamental cosmic functions those male deities embody.
What is a bija mantra, and how is it said to function in a disciple?
A bija (seed) mantra is typically a single syllable — like krim, hrim, shrim, or klim — believed to contain the full essence and consciousness of a deity; the author describes the guru's transmission of a bija to a disciple as analogous to sowing a seed that, through sustained japa, is meant to grow into the deity's full manifest presence within the practitioner.
How does a guru decide which mantra suits a particular disciple?
Beyond observing a disciple's nature and karmic inclinations, a guru may use tantric astrological diagnostic methods like the Tara Chakra, Kulakula Chakra, or Rashi Chakra to assess compatibility — though certain deities and mantras (forms of Kali, Tara, sometimes Ganesha or Bhairava) are considered universally suitable in Kali Yuga without needing this examination.
What role does Kali play in the Durga Saptashati, and what are her different forms?
In the Durga Saptashati, Kali emerges as a fierce warrior form who slays the asuras Chanda and Munda (becoming Chamunda) and drinks every drop of the self-replicating asura Raktabija's blood to prevent his multiplication — the author also lists distinct forms of Kali including Siddha Kali, Guhya Kali, Dakshina Kali, and Bhadrakali.
Kali is both the most primal expression of Shakti and the source from which all creation emerges; her worship grants freedom from time and death.
Kali, though listed first among the Mahavidyas and often seen as the most primitive expression of Shakti, is also held to be the source through which all creation emerges; her worship spans domestic and cremation-ground forms, and she is said to grant liberation by helping the upasaka transcend both time and death.
Shivaji, Vidyaranya Swami, Ramakrishna and Vivekananda are offered as evidence that Shakti upasana shaped India's history.
The author cites Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Vidyaranya Swami, Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, and Swami Vivekananda as historically significant devotees of Shakti, presenting their impact on India's history as evidence of Shakti upasana's transformative power.
Shivaji worshipped Bhavani, Ramakrishna mastered tantra's sixty-four kriyas as a Kali upasaka, and Aurobindo meditated on Kali while founding integral yoga.
The author cites Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's worship of Bhavani Devi, Swami Vivekananda's discipleship under Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (who mastered the sixty-four kriyas of tantra sadhana as a Kali upasaka), and Sri Aurobindo's deep meditation on Kali and other goddesses in founding integral yoga.
Saptashati chapter 8: ahuti for the shula line and the shloka where Kali drinks Raktabeej's blood
The speaker says that in the eighth chapter, where the verse "इति युक्ता ताम ततो देवी … सूलेन" names the shula, an astra, one offers ghrit or a banana on a paan leaf. The next mantra, "मुखेन काली च गृह … रक्तबीज से शोणितम" (as the transcript has it), where Kali takes Raktabeej's blood in her mouth, is best offered with pomegranate — the seeds mixed in ghrit or honey — or with ghrit alone. Chapters 9 and 10 (Nishumbha- and Shumbha-vadh) have no stuti and only need the uvacha rule.
Which two deities were treated as the most tantric, and with what result?
Kali Mai and Bhairav ji, he says, were held to be the greatest tantric deities. People used to tremble at those two names alone. In villages a man seen going daily to a Kali temple is talked about — that he is learning something, that he will do something — and people are told not to enter his house or eat there.
Which forms did Hanuman ji perform the upasana of, and how does the ashta siddhi arise?
There are certain special forms of Bhagavati Kali connected with the shamshaan, he says, and when Bhagavan Shri Hanuman ji performed the upasana of those forms, it was for that purpose that what is spoken of as the ashta siddhi nav nidhi arose. The matter of siddhi is not so simple, he says: when you go in and further in, you will find out why it was said that marriage was necessary here for Hanuman ji.
Why do people become frightened when they see Kali or Bhairav being worshipped?
A time came — and it persists in many regions — when seeing someone worship Kali ji makes people afraid: "he is doing tantra-mantra." Seeing Bhairav ji's puja, they are a hundred per cent sure of it. The speaker points to books printed as "tantrik prabhav wala Kali Chalisa", or a Hanuman Chalisa or Sundarkand carrying the same label — reading that, people take fright.
Where is the guidance on the daily worship of Ma Kali?
There is a live session on the points deserving special attention in the nitya pujan of Ma Kali, the speaker says — listen to it once, a great deal has been told in it.
Which Kali Sahasranama is sattvik, if one attracts negativity?
Ashish ji writes that he has learnt that negativity is attracted by the Sahasranama he recites. Do the Dakshina Kali Sahasranama, the speaker answers; do the Adya Kali Sahasranama, and it will not happen with those. If you are doing the Shamshan Kali one, then there will be difficulty.
Can Bhairav's anushthan be done before Ma Kali if no Bhairav temple is near?
Yes, do it, there is no difficulty at all, the speaker answers Sharad ji. To another listener who says he too cannot start a sadhana because troubles arise, he says: make the attempt by all means — Bhairav ji removes every kind of suffering and obstruction.
Who is the masani of the Kali of Kalkatta?
The speaker treats the question as absurd. Where do you people bring these questions from, he asks — a masani is a masani. The Kali of Kalkatta is a Mahashakti; beneath her there must be lakhs of masanis, hardly one. And if you talk of the masani, then the matter of the masani becomes a wholly different thing.
What should a Dakshina Kali and Krishna devotee with no guru do?
If you are from the Kolkata side, or wish especially to do the sadhana of Bhagavati Dakshina Kali, then in the guru swaroop first of all worship the param guru Shri Swami Ramakrishna Paramhansa Maharaj and his shakti Bhagavati Sharada, Ma Sharada — worship both of them as the guru swaroop. After that, perform Bhagavati's seva and puja and pray to them; then a qualified guru will also be obtained, and your own worthiness will grow so much that you will find the right guru.
What is shav sadhana and where does it belong?
Shav sadhana is a tantric sadhana of a high order, the speaker says. Understand it this way: as when you are doing the sadhana of Bhagavati Kali, the sadhana in the veer bhaav — shav sadhana comes within that. In Shaiva sadhana too, that is in the parampara of Bhagavan Shiva, when sadhana is done in Aghor, in the Naar sampradaya, then in tantra sadhana too shav sadhana comes in. Its prominence was very great especially in the medieval period, although it has existed from the beginning.
How does a steady household sadhak come to the notice of a siddha?
He gives an example. Suppose a listener performs a great deal of sadhana of Bhagavati, worships Kali ji very well, does 108 malas of japa daily, does the path of her stotra and her aarti, performs the havan of Bhagavati Kali on every Amavasya, goes to her temple every Saturday, lives with much rule and restraint, in purity, serving beings, obeying his parents, living as well as he can — and this state continues a year, two years, three years. The tapobal that forms in him and the aura that forms will become extremely pure. And when he goes to some siddhas, into some tantra kshetra, into some siddha peeth or jyotirlinga kshetra, then the siddhas who have those shaktis, attracted by the radiance of his tapobal, will feel that this boy is a worthy boy and something should be given to him so that he does good work in society.
Who may recite Bhagavati Kali's Jagan Mangal Kavach and who should not
The speaker says Bhagavati Kali's Kavach makes a person able to do what seems impossible, but it gives its effect properly only to a sevak or sadhak of Kali. Because it combines every bija mantra of Kali and generates enormous energy — and life changes very fast after it, which one must be able to absorb, handle and use — a complete beginner with no sadhana, no japa tapobal, no guru or diksha and no prior anushthan should not recite it directly or heavily; such a person may recite it once a week, on Saturday, until unshakeable faith in Jagdamba forms or diksha is received. Two kinds of people may take it up fully: anyone crushed by enemies' Abhichara, conspiracies, a near-death situation at home or false court cases, who may do its anushthan even without Diksha with no dosha; and a daily sevak of Mahakali who does her panchopachar, dashopachar or shodashopachar puja and bija japa every day, for whom being initiated or not does not matter. Not every kavach is for everyone, he insists; do not start it just because it read well on the internet.
Puja before each Kali kavach session: lamp, setup and avahan on a single flower
The speaker says the puja before the path is the ordinary puja vidhi; if you know little, keep at least five red jaba (gudhal, hibiscus) flowers. Light the karma-sakshi lamp before sitting on the asan — the lamp comes first of all. Sprinkle everything with gangajal, do achaman, wear the pavitra, do shikha bandhan if you know it, remember Bhagavati and then guru and Ganpati. Take one flower and invoke her: "O Bhagavati Kali, I invoke you; please be present here, accept the puja I perform and fulfil my wishes." Place that flower down and offer everything on it — a flower beside it as asan, water for achaman, gandhodak, sindoor and the rest, naivedya in front — as panchopachar or dashopachar with dhoop, deep, naivedya and bhog, following your own tradition for naivedya if you know it; only then does the kavach path begin.
Who is the Mahakali tantrokta mandal pujan actually meant for?
People want the Mahakali tantrokta mandal pujan free, the speaker says — a thing they have no need of at all, but they see that it is behind a payment. What is the need? Do you have to do the puja of Kali ji? Have you ever in your life been to Kali ji's darbar? Whose kuldevi is Kalika, or whose kuldevi is connected with Kali ji, or who needs it, or who wishes to worship Kali ji lifelong — if such a person asks, it makes sense: take it, brother, do it. It will be taught, it will be shown video by video; it is no great matter.
What did the Panchmukhi form do at Ahiravan and Mahiravan's hands?
The speaker recounts that when Ahiravan and Mahiravan carried Rama ji and Lakshman ji away into Patal and were about to offer them as bali to Patal Kalika, it was this very Panchmukhi Hanuman ji who went and blunted their shakti and, having slain Ahiravan and Mahiravan there, returned.
How should the first mantra of the Argala be done in Navratri?
Asked how the vidhan of the Argala's first mantra should be done for Navratri, the speaker answers that if you wish to do it at two times, then he would say do the japa of the Argala mantra at night-time, and the Ashtottar Shatnam in the day, at noon, at any time. The first point about Navratri, he adds, is that you may do the puja at any time at all: there is no difficulty according to the hour. It is not that you cannot do it at noon or in the evening; you may do it according to whatever capacity the body gives.
Which stutis of Kali ji may be recited?
Whichever stuti of Kali ji you wish, the speaker says, you may do. Do the Mahishasura Mardini. Do the Sankata stuti. Do the Bhagavati Kalika Adya Kali stuti. There is the Bhadrakali stuti, do that. There is the Kalika Mahimna, do that.
What is the animal beside Shyama Devi under the skull?
Asked whether Mahakali is a devi of tantra, the speaker says yes and refers to a live on her puja vidhi. Asked about Shyama Devi, beside whom stays a small fox-like animal that stays beneath the skull, he answers: they are with Ma Dakshina Kalika too — jackals.
What are the differences between Bhadrakali, Mahakali, Kali and Kalika?
There is a great deal of difference, the speaker says: Bhadrakali, Mahakali, Kalika and Kali all differ. Bhadrakali is she who manifested from Bhagavan Shiva's jata, from the krodh tattva. Mahakali is the form of the Adya Shakti herself, she who is Adya — Adya Kali, Dakshina Kali, Mahakali. And as for Kali, within Kali too there is a Kali and a Kalika. Kali, when you read the seventh adhyaya of the Durga Saptashati, manifested from the forehead of Ma Kaushiki; her we also call Kali, and the same one is also called Chamunda. And there is a Kalika, who is the form that remained when Bhagavati Kaushiki went out of Ma Parvati's body; that form became famous as Kalika. This, he says, is the fundamental difference of form.
Why does Ma hold the severed head?
She is seated to drink the blood, the speaker says. Ma takes the munda in her hand — she performs the drinking of blood. As for why her form in tantra is as it is there, and who she is, and the jackals: why they are there has a separate mahatmya of its own, a separate tantrokta subject, as with the Dakini, the Shakini and the rest whom we see with other devi-devatas.
With which name should the ajapa jap of Ma Kali be done?
Whichever name you wish to do. Whichever name of Ma Kali you find pleasing, of that name you can do the japa.
What should be done if one cannot do the abhishek of a Kali murti one has made?
Asked what to do when one has made a murti of Kali but cannot perform her abhishek, he says it should be done at the very least on the day of Amavasya.
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